Laura Grant dedicated her life helping care for others.
Now
that she’s gone, killed in what friends describe as a “senseless act of
violence,” her coworkers are stepping up to make sure that care
continues for the person who mattered most to Grant — her granddaughter
Zoe.
A GoFundMe
Campaign, launched by women who worked with her at the Mississauga
Ambulance Communications Centre, is gathering funds to support the
three-year-old who Grant was helping raise. More than $9,300 has been
collected so far.
Presque Isle Fire Department is preparing for the change in ambulance
service, which takes effect by 2020. Chief Darrell White says the
department operates four ambulances and serves Washburn and Fort
Fairfield, in addition to Presque Isle. He says while the transition may
require looking at personnel and equipment needs, he’s confident his
department will be able to meet the public’s needs and there’s no
immediate cause for alarm.
“It would depend on how far – how much further we gotta
extend it out – whether we need to look at adding more staff or adding
more ambulances. But with four ambulances and Caribou as a mutual aid
backup, I – I don’t think we need to hit a panic button right off.
Putnam County 911 board members approved a budget Thursday for a new next generation interface system for 911 dispatchers.
The Next Generation 911 system, or NG911, is a nationwide, standards-based, digital emergency communications infrastructure that allows voice and multimedia communications between a 9-1-1 caller and a 911 center, and then to the first-responders in the field, according to 911.gov.
“This is just the interface that dispatchers use to manage the 911 calls as they come in,” said Brandon Smith, assistant Putnam County 911 director.
HALLOWELL – The Maine Public Utilities
Commission has launched a public information campaign to educate Mainers
about calling and texting 911 in an emergency. Two 30-second public
service announcements will began airing statewide in August.
In one PSA, a heart attack emergency is
dramatized with a woman calling 911 on her cell phone. This commercial
reminds viewers to remain calm and provide answers to three critical
questions: What phone number are you calling from? What is the address
of the emergency? Exactly what happened?
hey never know what it will be, but the dispatchers at the Lincoln County E-911 office are at the ready for the ring.
On this particular Thursday, three women
were manning the mics in a small office tucked away within the maze of
hallways behind the main entrance of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s
Office. Each sat at a desk before a multi-screen panel. Each of the six
screens serves a purpose and sometimes they’ll use more than one on a
call.
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