CHARLES TOWN—Jefferson County Commissioner Tricia Jackson found herself as the lone vote against a reorganization of the county’s E911 Communication Center that included the elimination of three dispatcher positions.
Oct. 22—Cobb’s 911 Director sees brighter days ahead when it comes to attracting candidates to be Cobb’s front line public safety professionals.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Calls for help come into the LVMPD Communications Center 24 hours a day seven days a week, and the men and women working inside the buildings walls have to coordinate the emergency response to save lives.
Orland Park, IL — Illinois Senator Michael Hastings joined officials of the Orland Fire Protection District on Thursday to announce the award of a $610,000 State Grant to enhance the district’s regional 911 emergency system and “save more lives.”
RALEIGH, N.C. — Thursday marks one week since a mass shooting clamed the lives of five people and injured two others in Raleigh’s Hedingham neighborhood.
WRAL News spoke with Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center telecommunicator Tracy La Cascia, who took some of the first surge of calls on Oct. 13. She dispatched emergency medical services and police to help those in need.
The woman on the line had called 911. She had her dog but was otherwise alone.
And she was terrified.
“She said she woke up and her whole house was surrounded by flames and she had no way out,” KT McNulty remembered.
