Tornadoes are a common concern in northern Texas. Following the recent out-of-season tornado causing severe damage in Dallas, one may wonder about the safety precautions Texas Tech has in place in the event of severe weather.
Ronald Phillips, Tech’s chief compliance and security officer and emergency management coordinator, said the university follows… READ MORE
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A northern Arizona dispatch center has closed after the state Department of Public Safety had trouble recruiting employees.
The department announced the closure earlier this year. The last dispatch from the center came in mid-October.
Department spokesman Bart Graves said the center had 29 full-time positions with benefits, about half of which were filled when the decision…
(CNN)A woman in South Florida called 911 after a bullet came through her car’s windshield — but dispatchers didn’t send help right away. Police say they mishandled the call while their supervisor was streaming a Netflix movie. Guadalupe Herrera was driving near a gas station in Coral Springs on June 9 when what she thought was an object that might be a bullet almost hit her head. She called 911 three times…
A Marion County 911 operator was recognized at Tuesday morning’s Marion County Commission meeting for helping to save an infant’s life.
Fire Chief James Banta told commissioners that in August, Brenna Parson, an emergency telecommunicator, received a call seeking help for a pediatric drowning victim. The 911 caller reported that her baby had fallen under the water in a bathtub and wasn’t breathing.
Banta said that Parson knew the baby was only one years old… READ MORE
2:20 PM: Thanks to Mike for the photos and word of a tower-replacement project under way by Myrtle Reservoir in Gatewood.
Mike says a city rep on scene “told me they’re replacing the current radio tower (used for public safety agencies, police, fire, and also Metro) with a more rigid tower that will be the same height.”
The city tells us this is a Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network project. The PSERN website… READ MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The chairman of Metro Council’s Public Safety Committee wants to see more evidence presented in the lawsuit against the Emergency Communications Center.
A lawsuit filed by the family of Akilah Dasilva, one of the victims of the 2018 Waffle House shooting, alleges that police dispatchers made several critical errors, including sending officers to the wrong Waffle House.
FOX 17 News has also reported… READ MORE
