Whitcom dispatch service: Lesson learned after lapse in communication service over Fourth of July weekend (WA)
Whitcom officials paid a visit to Asotin County on Monday to talk about a lapse in dispatch service over the Fourth of July weekend.
Bill Tensfeld, Whitman County’s emergency management director, and Wendy Berrett, executive director of Whitcom Regional Dispatch Center, fielded questions from Asotin County officials about the breakdown in communication during the incident.
CHP in Bay Area responds to having longest 911 answering times in California
Out of the 450 911 call centers across California, CHP Golden Gate Division had the longest averaging answering time in the state in 2023, according to California Office of Emergency Services’ data analyzed by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.
Located in Vallejo, CHP Golden Gate Division receives tens of thousands of 911 calls every month from callers driving on freeways and highways across all nine Bay Area counties.
Program sending more money to Virginia’s emergency communication centers (VA)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A new state grant program will help people working in public safety.
The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Communications Center plans to use this grant program to invest more into its dispatchers.
Cellphone helped rescuers find man who was 400 feet down cliff (CA)
The victim’s phone sent his location to Apple, which then called the closest law enforcement agency – in this case, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s station – with his satellite coordinates.
“The location that we got from the iPhone activation was spot on,” Goldsworthy said.
“Remarkable people:” two county employees serving from the shadows face emergencies (MS)
Tracey Porter and Lisa Buchanan, according to their supervisor, are exceptional employees who have been working for years to coordinate the best responses to emergency situations for citizens around Vicksburg and beyond.
In the lower level of the Vicksburg Courthouse, you will find the rooms devoted to Emergency Management and with it, its team, lead by one John Elfer. This team’s main priority according to Elfer is “to save lives.”
