On the call to 911, a voice describes an emergency involving an infant.
She’s not breathing.
Emotion escalates. What can be done? How long before help arrives? Will she make it?
Among Bladen County’s trained elite, first responders act quickly. There’s a team, from the calm voice on the line of the 911 call to those responding to the dispatch.
Lawmen and paramedics who happen to be in or near Dublin will… READ MORE
ROSAMOND – Adding nearly 9,000 square feet in building expansions was the main action item for the Jan. 22 Rosamond Community Services District meeting.
“It’ll add additional secure space for the on site record storage and the cost of storing records off site will be cut,” said General Manager Steve Perez. “The space will also provide an EOC – an emergency operations center – a very important integral part of the expansion. In addition to record storage and storage for emergency supplies.”
(La Vergne, TN) It has been one year since Chris Clark was officially installed as La Vergne’s second fire chief and since then there have been many internal and external changes that Chief Clark believes will help the department succeed over time.
[…] Recently, there has been an update to dispatch protocol to allow for quicker response times when someone calls 911. Our telecommunicators now provide the zone that incident is located… READ MORE
BRYAN, Texas — Brazos County is opening their hiring pool for 911 dispatchers. Those who excel at multitasking are encouraged to apply, because it is far more than just answering phone calls.
“We like to think of ourselves as the first on scene and the first first-responders,” said Halley Challis, telecommunicator specialist, team leader and trainer, social media coordinator for Brazos County… READ MORE
CAMBRIDGE — The Dorchester County 9-1-1 Advisory Board began a process to address concerns with the county’s 9-1-1 system at a meeting Tuesday morning in Cambridge.
The meeting, attending by Dorchester Council President Jay Newcomb, County Manager Keith Adkins, and members of the county’s public safety community, began with the selection of Dorchester County Health Officer Roger Harrell as chairman… READ MORE
Several U.S. Senators, led by Washington’s Maria Cantwell, want the proceeds from an upcoming spectrum auction to go toward bridging the urban-rural digital divide.
Cantwell introduced legislation this week that would ensure some of the proceeds from a public auction of C-Band airwaves would be invested in rural broadband deployment and next-generation 9-1-1 networks… READ MORE
