by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Articles, Comm Center News
Leslie Corbett partakes in a ride-along with Climax Fire Department (NC) during her fire dispatch training.
The APCO Young Professionals Taskforce recognizes Leslie Corbett as our young professional for the month of September. Leslie is twenty-seven years old and has been an emergency communications specialist for one year with Guilford Metro 9-1-1, an agency located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Most of her career has been as a call taker, but recently she has moved into fire and law enforcement dispatching.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
Montgomery County officials want to remind everyone on behalf of both
MCHD and the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management that 911
services should only be utilized in true emergencies.
If you have a true medical emergency, if you have water coming into
your home, if you have a fire in your home – all life-threatening
concerns – call 9-1-1.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
LYONS — A Wayne County 911 dispatcher is being commended for helping with an out-of-hospital birth last weekend.
Greg
DeWolf, the county’s 911 operations manager, said a call to the 911
center came in at 12:40 a.m. Saturday from a person in Newark reporting
that his friend was in labor. Dispatcher Paul Fera gave emergency
medical dispatch instructions to help the caller deliver the baby about 7
minutes later.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing a team member for saving a life.
The sheriff’s office says a call came into their crisis hotline
earlier this week from a person talking about committing suicide.
Telecommunicator Patti Yandle answered that call.
Deputies say she was able to talk about the situation and keep the person from taking further action.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
Her last role with the department was being a 911 call taker.
She took her final call last night and it came from her daughter, who is a police sergeant.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
PARK CITY (ABC4 News) – They are the voice you hear in your most
urgent calls, trained to handle your emergencies. But the Summit County
dispatchers are struggling to keep up, working up to 60 hours a week in
an effort to make up for a shortage.
Tanya Odenbach, the Communication Supervisor for the Summit County
Sheriff’s Office, said there are currently 13 dispatchers, but they
would need 20 to operate at full capacity. In her 13-year tenure, she
said they’ve only been fully staffed once.
