The city of Norfolk was short 26 dispatchers as of Dec. 6.
“It is more than normal, but unfortunately it is par for the course with the time that we’re seeing,” Redick explained. “Not only regionally, but nationally.”
At about 27,000 square miles covering parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, the Navajo Nation is one of the largest native reservations in the United States. Approximately 180,000 Navajo (out of a total population of 400,000) live on Diné Bikéyah, or Navajoland. This comes out to a population average of just under seven people per square mile.
Because the Navajo Nation covers such a large area with a comparatively small population, providing adequate communications for 911, voice, and internet access is a real challenge.
The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that could help solve an ongoing staffing shortage at the 911 call center.
The bill, which had nine cosponsors, allows retired firefighters and police officers to work as call takers and dispatchers without losing any pay from their pensions.
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – An independent review appears to be the next step after an Oct. 13 fire at the Brookhollow Apartments in east Wichita. On Tuesday, the advisory board for Sedgwick County 911 determined the scope and selection process for a third-party investigation.
Nov. 30—The family of Paoly Bedeski, a 22-year-old woman killed in a Wichita apartment fire last month, is calling for changes in the way Sedgwick County 911 handles emergency calls after a series of failures by call takers and dispatchers “cost Paoly her life.”
A new D.C. Council bill would transfer some 911 dispatching responsibilities away from the troubled Office of Unified Communications and back to the D.C. fire department. The bill, which Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau unveiled Tuesday, was announced along with another measure that would increase financial rewards for people who come forward with information about homicides.
