JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) A Magic Valley woman is getting recognized by the state for her work as a 911 dispatcher.
Southern Idaho Regional Communications dispatcher Angel Hunsaker was named Communicator of the Year at the Idaho Public-Safety Access Point conference for public safety communications hosted Tuesday in Boise.
Hunskaer has been at SIRCOMM for 17 years, and is a floor supervisor.
KMVT caught up with her before her shift started, and she said a coworker nominated her…
GREENSBURG, Pa. —Some 911 dispatchers are sounding the alarm about a system they say is putting lives in danger.
It’s a dispatch program used in Westmoreland County. Programs like it will soon be required throughout Pennsylvania.
The program, called ProQA, requires dispatchers to follow scripts when taking police or fire calls.
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One dispatcher was concerned enough that she went on the record with Action News Investigates. “Somebody is going to die, or an officer is going to get killed. A caller…
What is TEXT-TO-9-1-1?
TEXT-TO-9-1-1 is the ability to send a text message to 911 from your mobile phone or handheld device. Messages are routed to the appropriate Campbell County 911 center in a designated queue.
Thousands of Californians are struggling through blackouts and wildfires without a crucial safety connection: cell phone service.
Without cell service, signing up for emergency wildfire evacuation notices or getting backup chargers to keep phones going during a power outage is useless. Some customers were also without television and internet over the last few days, losing other vital links. Even radio stations, a low-tech resource during crises, went down… READ MORE
A federal bill has passed the House and is awaiting a vote in the Senate that would reclassify 911 dispatchers as first responders. Currently, dispatchers are considered a clerical, administrative role. But, for those who do the job, and those who rely on them, they’re so much more.
At home, Damairus Reddick is a hero to his two little girls. At work, he’s a different kind of protector, cloaked in the darkness of the dimly-lit Peoria County Dispatch Center.
Reddick’s career choice was born from tragedy in his own life…
Their names are seared into the collective consciousness of California: The Griffith Park fire of 1933. The Bel-Air fire of 1961. The Tunnel fire of 1991. The Camp fire of 2018.
Spurred by high winds, low humidity and an abundance of fuel, California’s most destructive fires remake its cities and scorch its wildlands.
When the fires rage, their names are all around us. They’re hashtagged on our Twitter…
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