MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Neglected and abused animals have fallen through the cracks in Shelby County because of failures in the system.
That’s according to a Mid-South animal rescue, whose members said they witness these failures time and time again.
FOX13 spoke with that rescue and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office today.
The Oregon State Sheriff’s Association has recognized Baker County dispatcher Amanda Bunch for distinguished service in helping save the life of a toddler who nearly drowned in a bathtub last spring.
Bunch received the Distinguished Service Award during the dinner and awards banquet at the Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend on Dec. 4.
Sheriff Travis Ash detailed in a press release how Bunch….
Federal investigators say the crash of an air ambulance late last month occurred at night after two other companies turned down the flight due to weather and limited daylight.
The dispatch officer for Medevac Alaska, the company that provided a paramedic and flight nurse, wasn’t notified of the previous declined flight requests, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Three people died the evening of Nov. 29 when a plane carrying a two-person medical crew crashed above the Sterling Highway on the Kenai Peninsula. The crash occurred about 15 miles west of Quartz Creek Airport.
Former Canton Township 9-1-1 dispatcher Joshua Choroba recalled in a November deposition the moment he realized the volume on the emergency-dispatch system was turned down as employees at Heartland Rehabilitation Center tried frantically to get help for patient Stephen Greene, who had stopped breathing on the morning of March 2, 2018.
Greene died that day from a massive heart attack. The Belleville resident was 69.
Both Choroba and colleague Rachel Rowell were disciplined by the township for negligence related to the muted volume, and the estate of Stephen Greene is suing Canton Township for $6.9 million.
Murfreesboro, TN (Rutherford County)–Chris and Lacey Ray of Lynchburg, Tennessee were reunited with a medic team from Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS) and a Rutherford County Dispatcher this week just a month after the team delivered their baby boy in the back of an ambulance.
Lacey was en route to Centennial Medical Center on the interstate when her contractions began to get closer together. Her husband Chris called 9-1-1 and explained the situation. Medics were dispatched to the scene and when they arrived, Lacey was beginning to feel the baby’s head.
With Lacey’s being a high-risk pregnancy, medics suggested ….
The Cambridge Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol (OHP) has named Trooper Keith Roe as the 2019 Post Trooper of the Year and selected Post Dispatcher Nicole Wheeler for the 2019 Ohio State Highway Patrol Telecommunications award at the Cambridge Dispatch Center.
“Being nominated as the trooper/dispatcher of the year is one of the greatest award nominations because it comes from their peers,” Post Commander, Lt. Melanie Appleman said.
According to Appleman, the post’s supervisors, troopers and dispatchers…
