9-1-1 Director Eric Raymond explained to the committee the ETSB met
Wednesday and it still doesn’t have a budget to submit. There’s still
questions on how much funding will come from each of the entities for
joint dispatch. It’s requesting $167,500 be provided from the county,
city of Watseka and ETSB. He said there’s concern with setting a number
because the telecommunicators’ contracts will go into negotiations this
year “and that number could go anywhere”.
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) —
A few weeks ago, Leslie Bard, senior communicator for Harrisonburg
Rockingham Emergency Communication Center, received a call unlike any
other she had ever received.
“It was just a routine 911 phone call,” Bard said. “But…you never know what you’re going to get in this job.”
On the other end of the line was Eula Gammon, whose pregnant daughter had gone in to labor in their home.
TREADWAY — In an emergency situation, how are the first responders … Fire, Police, EMS, Rescue Squad, etc., going to find you?
In
Hancock County we have what is called Enhanced 9-1-1 and a Computer
Aided Dispatch system. What this means is that when you call 9-1-1, your
name and address comes up on the computer screen at the 9-1-1 dispatch
office.
It started in Spencerville, then it went through multiple towns before
it ended tragically two hours later near the Ohio-Indiana border. Now we
hear some of the disturbing last words from the man responsible for
that chase. Our Eran Hami gives us an overview of the phone calls
between Terry Pierce and police that led up to the deadly shot.
SPRING, Texas — Spring firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped by smoke and flames on the second floor of her home.
When
the woman called 911 Thursday morning, Cypress Creek Emergency Services
dispatcher, Ash Thompson, calmly talked her through what she needed to
do.
Thompson directed her to stay in an upstairs bedroom with the
door closed and sheets stuffed under the door to fend off the smoke.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
