by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
By the time Darrius Martin realized he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, Rome police officer Scott Kasmar happened to be at the right place at the right time that nearly fatal Wednesday morning in August.
“God was just shining on him that day,” Kasmar, a former EMT, said Friday before Martin presented him and Floyd County 911 Dispatcher Victoria Henson with “hero” awards for helping save his life after he’d been shot twice in the gut.
“It was very perfect timing…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
LEWIS, N.Y. —
Helping the public by answering the phone is what Michelle Maddox does as a New York State Police communications specialist.
“We have to handle incoming calls. Sometimes they are crisis calls,” Maddox said.
These men and women keep tense situations calm giving responding officials time to get to areas across the North Country.
“We are kind of a liaison between the public and the troopers in order to facilitate their work out on the road…
by ECC Editor | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
he E-911 ballot measure to improve emergency services communications infrastructure across Grays Harbor County passed with overwhelming support.
The countywide measure, which needed a simple majority to pass, has the backing of more than 63 percent of the voters after the latest count Friday night. More than 10,250 voters back the measure… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
Groton — A dispatcher’s handling of a 911 call early Thursday morning helped facilitate the delivery of a healthy baby, police said.
Glen Riffe, a dispatcher at the Groton Emergency Communications Center, took the call about 3:33 a.m. from a residence in Navy housing where a woman was in active labor, according to Paul Gately, deputy chief of the Groton Town Police Department. Riffe determined that childbirth…
by ECC Editor | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — New technology is being used in Rutherford County to speed up response time and pinpoint locations
FOX 17 News has recently reported about the issues that faced dispatch during the mass shooting at an Antioch Waffle House a year ago.
Confidence in dispatchers is paramount … READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) -When Mississippi County residents dial 911 Friday they will be speaking to a dispatcher in Jonesboro. Jeff Presley, Jonesboro & Craighead 911 director, said all calls to Mississippi County’s emergency service will be rerouted to the city of Jonesboro. The problem has been isolated to an AT&T network issue…
