by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2019 | Comm Center News
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Police are praising the incredible work of a dispatcher at the Southeast Communications Center after a woman called 911 while she held a gun to her head.
To keep the identity of the woman suffering from the mental health crisis confidential we are not releasing much information about the individual.
The woman reportedly called 911 shortly before 7:30 am on Friday claiming she had a gun to her head.
Police tell Action News the woman had just had a fight with her boyfriend…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2019 | Comm Center News
Technical, personnel issues have been challenge, Putnam officials say
A plan to move Putnam County Sheriff Department dispatchers to the county’s 911 call center is taking longer than expected and has legislators questioning whether the merger can be completed.
“There are still a lot of moving parts,” said Ken Clair, commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services (BES), at a meeting last month of the county Legislature’s Protective Services Committee.
The plan is to have dispatchers for fire, police and medical emergencies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
Colleagues and friends remember Kathy M. Sherman Blagdon as an exceptional emergency dispatcher with an intense dedication to her work throughout 36 years with Lincoln County, the last six with cancer.
Blagdon, 62, of Wiscasset, passed away Nov. 20 at her home.
Blagdon was born in Boothbay Harbor and graduated from Boothbay…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
VAN WERT — Ohio State Highway Patrol selected a Williams County man as the 2019 Dispatcher of the Year at the Van Wert post…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
BISMARCK, N.D. Dispatchers have a long list of responsibilities. They multi-task several emergency and non-emergency calls. And also keep a streamline of conversation open with agencies.
The job can take a toll on them, even if they knew what it entailed when they chose the career path.
911 is a three-digit phone number that’s programmed in our minds at a young age. In an emergency, first responders run toward threats while others run from it.
Dispatchers sit in a room coordinating it all and often times feel…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
HELENA — Two emergency dispatchers were honored in Helena Wednesday, after their efforts helped save lives.
Helena Police Chief Steve Hagen presented awards to lead dispatchers Chanel Waples and Zach Slattery in a ceremony at the Helena-Lewis and Clark County 911 Center.
On Oct. 11, Waples received a 911 call from a woman who said she was…
