Loudoun ECC Manager Named to State 911 Board (VA)
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Emergency Communications Center Manager Patty Turner to the Virginia 9-1-1 Services Board, the department announced Monday.
Hawaii Wildfires: Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves Family Caught in …
San Francisco, August 12: The iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature helped save a family in Maui (an island in Hawaii, US) that was caught in a wildfire spreading across the region. Michael Miraflor, a user on X (formerly Twitter) said that five people related to his brother’s girlfriend were caught in a vehicle in Maui after the wildfires surrounded them. There was no cell service available at their location, so they used Emergency SOS to communicate with first responders.
‘Heroic’: Orlando police chief thanks dispatchers for their work during officer-involved shooting (FL)
ORLANDO, Fla. — Law enforcement officers aren’t the only public servants working hard to keep Central Florida safe.
Orlando police Chief Eric Smith stopped by the Emergency Communications Center Friday night to thank dispatchers for their hard work taking countless calls daily.
FDNY wants to fire 911 dispatch computer manager in ageism suit – (NY)
The only female FDNY manager in the ongoing ageism lawsuit against Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh was cast at a disciplinary hearing last week as an “entitled” employee “who went rogue” and began firing off unprofessional emails to department heads.
But Carla Murphy, who for nearly three decades has managed FDNY Emergency Medical Service’s computer aided dispatch system, claims she’s a model staffer and was only hit with disciplinary charges after she questioned several dangerous moves made to the system that were authorized by Kavanagh and Deputy Commissioner JonPaul Augier.
Flood damage has Middlebury Police Department dispatching out of mobile unit (VT)
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – Flood cleanup and recovery continues in Middlebury following last week’s deluge, and it has local officials working in close quarters.
Dispatchable location for wireless 911 calls expected to get a closer look in future, FCC official says
Wireless carriers continue to improve their ability to provide 911 centers with more location—including vertical Z-axis information—but the FCC continues to hope that carriers will be able to provide a dispatchable location with emergency calls, an FCC official said this week during the APCO 2023 event in Nashville, Tenn.
