TWIN FALLS — When you’re faced with an emergency and need to call 911, you need someone to pick up. But those on the other end of the line are facing their own emergency.
Next week, Twin Falls will have only eight dispatchers on staff. Any less than that, and it’s not possible to adequately operate the center, Director Tami Lauda said.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A faulty light is to blame for a fire that caused thousands of dollars in damage underneath the Memphis emergency communications center.
Firefighters were called to Flicker Street Thursday morning. They say the fire spread to shop supplies kept in the city’s radio shop.
SAN ANTONIO — A dispatcher with the San Antonio Police Department has been arrested in connection with an investigation into eight liner gambling, according to a release from the department.
42-year-old Annabel Gonzalez, a civilian employee, was taken into custody Thursday and was charged with Engaging in Organized Crime, according to documents from the city’s magistrate office.
As promised, the FirstNet Authority has published its five-year reinvestment roadmap as approved by the board of directors some time ago. Official publication had been held up so the FirstNet Authority could hold a series of meetings around the United States with public safety professionals to review the plans and collect input.
That the report has been published and a session on the roadmap has been held at the APCO conference confirms it is now ready for prime time.
Bob LaRose VAP/Business Development and Andy SeyboldLaura Grant played a role in saving hundreds of lives.
The 57-year-old Burlington woman was a long-serving and beloved fixture as a dispatcher at the Mississauga Central Ambulance Communication Centre (CACC.)
The centre provides EMS dispatch services to Peel and Halton.
At one time, Grant had also been a paramedic.
But on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., the call that came in wasn’t about a stranger — it was one of their own.
BURLINGTON — Halton Region’s first homicide victim of 2019 has been identified as longtime EMS dispatcher Laura Grant.
A number of sources in the paramedic and policing communities identified Grant, a dispatcher at Mississauga Central Ambulance Communication Centre, which provides EMS dispatch to Peel and Halton, as the victim in the deadly shooting on Wednesday afternoon.
