Everyone knew her, or at least recognized her voice. For 29 years she had been the Tillamook County (Ore.) emergency response dispatcher. When you heard her call sign, “813,” on your radio, your heart began to beat faster.
Rosalind attended Tillamook Adventist School and then Laurelwood Academy, but after graduation she chose to go a different direction…
A Santa Barbara jury concluded that the City of Santa Barbara should pay former dispatcher Bridget Bryden $1.28 million in economic damages sustained when she was terminated in March 2016 shortly after she’d voiced concerns to her superior that reductions to the qualifications required for new dispatchers posed a health and safety risk to officers in the field and the general public. At the time, the police department was grappling with a serious shortage in dispatchers. To help increase the number of candidates, departmental brass reduced the test scores… READ MORE
WEST ORANGE, NJ — When Chris Babinski, a level-five Communications Operator for the West Orange Police Department (WOPD), recently addressed the township council on the state of stagnant wages for the WOPD communications department.
Babinski, a 40-year West Orange resident and a WOPD employee for more than 30, said that although many believe his job is simply to push a button in order to connect the caller to an officer…
KEYSER – Luke McKenzie, director of the Office of Emergency Services, has requested that the Mineral County Commission approve a resolution that would classify Mineral County 911 telecommunicators as first responders.
The three commissioners did approve the resolution at the recent county government meeting, as McKenzie said, the 911 workers are “true first responders.”
He also gave a description from the present document as to what types of duties are expected of the 911 telecommunicators…
PARKE COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI)–Congress is considering a bill that would recognize 911 dispatchers as first responders.
Darla Wirth is the 911 communications supervisor for the Parke County Sheriff’s Department.
“A lot of people consider just because you’re a call taker and you’re in a building you’re more or less considered a secretary. I say we’re the first initial contact with that caller so we’re actually the first responder…
It is always prudent to be well prepared for any emergency or disaster that might occur. To that end, the Moore County Amateur Radio Emergency Service conducted a simulated emergency test (SET) on October 26.
An annual event, the SET is an emergency management coordination drill organized under the aegis of Moore County Emergency Management and the N.C. Emergency Operations Center’s Auxiliary Communications program.
“This year’s activity was enhanced through an exercise partnership with neighboring Lee County’s emergency response programs... READ MORE
