Fort Smith fires 911 dispatcher (AR)
FORT SMITH — After an allegation of offensive and inappropriate language and an internal investigation, a 911 dispatcher with the Fort Smith Police Department has been terminated effective Friday…
Delaware State Police Recognize Public Safety Communication Personnel (DE)
Delaware- The Delaware State Police (DSP) is proud to recognize and honor its public safety communication personnel during National Public Safety Telecommunications Operators Week. The Delaware State Police Communications Section consists of three 911 Public Safety Answering Points (dispatch centers), which are located in each of the three Delaware counties and Headquarters Communications in Dover…
Honoring Police, Fire and EMS Dispatchers – ‘The First First-Responders’ (CA)
They are, in the words of Pasadena Police Lt. William Grisafe, “the first first-responders.”
Before police officers or firefighters or EMS workers arrive at some crime or crisis, dispatchers are already in gear…the first point of contact for the public, the first source of vital and often life-saving information for those racing to the scene or those waiting for help.
April 12-18 is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, which honors these unsung, behind-the-scenes civilians who often are the ignition keys to public safety – and whose jobs require a grace…
Telecommunicators thanked; Lowe’s makes gloves donation (NC)
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.
It began Sunday and runs through Saturday.
Sheriff Jim McVicker, a release says, recognized those within his department with a letter and gift. The Sheriff’s Office has three part-time and 11 full-time telecommunicators handling the 911 call center for law enforcement, fire and rescue… READ MORE
Darcy Ziller: one of Cook County’s calm voices on 9-1-1 (CA)
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, first recognized in 1981 in Costa County in California, has become a national effort. It is a week set aside to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the men and women more commonly known as 9-1-1 dispatchers. These are the people who are considered the Thin Gold Line, working to protect the public behind that line, along with law enforcement and fire services.
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is the second week of April each year, so it is April 12-18 in 2020… READ MORE
Radio communications for responders get a big boost (OR)
Seaside made a big advance to improving radio communications for first responders. The City Council approved $135,000 for the purchase and implementation of a new simulcast radio system on Monday.
A double layer of coverage in a number of places should “greatly increase our reception and transmission,” the city’s police communications manager, Mitch Brown, said during the livestream meeting…
