SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An emergency services dispatcher was arrested for allegedly making terroristic threats to shoot up the dispatch center on Monday, December 2.
MySA reports that 45-year-old Jimmy Tucker made the threats on Monday after he told one of his coworkers that if a shooting were to happen at the dispatch center, he would be the one to do it…
LANCASTER — The Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announces the 2019 Lancaster Post Trooper of the Year, Trooper Jonathan Drake and Dispatcher of the Year, Dispatcher Dustin Magill.
These individuals were selected by their peers due to their dedication, service, and commitment to the communities of Fairfield and Perry counties and the citizens of the State of Ohio.
Trooper Jonathan Drake began his career with the patrol in 2015 when he joined the 158th training class. Upon graduating from the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy…
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We start tonight with word of major upgrades coming to the Luzerne County 911 Center.
Some say long-overdue upgrades. The current radio system which has caused safety concerns for years will be replaced. Luzerne County 9-1-1 is moving into the digital age when it comes to its radio system. County council approved the $24 million upgrades. First responders say the upgrades will help them save lives.
“This will mean we have a radio system that’s reliable, it will work…
For 911 dispatcher Lynette Starnes, the most chilling calls are the ones that come in from locations she can’t track.
“A stabbing, a homicide, a medical aid, we’re trained to get through that stuff,” she said. “But if I don’t know where you’re at, we can’t help you, and that is my personal biggest stress.”
Starnes has learned to weather the pressures of the job after more than three decades as a dispatcher for the San Rafael Police Department…
The Ohio State Highway Patrol Canfield Post has announced its 2019 trooper and dispatcher of the year.
Trooper John Lamm has been named the 2019 trooper of the year, and Brooke Boley has been named 2019 dispatcher of the year.
Trooper Lamm was selected in recognition of outstanding service during 2019 at the Canfield Post.
Fellow Canfield Post Troopers chose Trooper Lamm based on leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic work attitude…
Only 8% of Americans survive cardiac arrest outside a hospital, but that percentage could increase significantly if bystanders recognize cardiac arrest and perform simple lifesaving tasks, a UVA Health physician says.
UVA emergency medicine physician William J. Brady, MD, co-authored an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that highlights a few steps anyone without extensive medical training can do to help.
[…] Albemarle County Fire Rescue, Charlottesville Fire Department, the Charlottesville-Albemarle-UVA Emergency Communications Center and UVA Health are working together to launch this tool.
