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.
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.
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.
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.
Compassion. Telecommunicator Patti Yandle of the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is said to have shown “a tremendous amount of compassion” for a caller talking about committing suicide with a shotgun.
Yandle was able to make contact with the person who called the crisis hotline and talked to him about his situation.
BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – Compassion. Telecommunicator Patti Yandle of the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is said to have shown “a tremendous amount of compassion” for a caller talking about committing suicide with a shotgun.
Yandle was able to make contact with the person who called the crisis hotline and talked to him about his situation.
