A 5-month-old chocolate Labrador puppy will soon become Maine’s first official comfort dog.
Baxter will serve Maine’s three emergency communication centers, where he will offer comfort and support for dispatchers, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Most dogs like to lie around the house, chew on toys, and get lots of attention. A dog in Norman has learned some new tricks at the emergency dispatch center. Emergency dispatchers carry tons of weight on their shoulders and at the Norman Emergency Communications Center, you don’t have to tell them twice.”Inherently, it’s a very stressful job.
UVALDE — Uvalde is getting an upgraded emergency communications center — and it won’t cost taxpayers a dime. But the improvements won’t cure the radio “dead spots” that hampered the police response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School.
The nonprofit National Emergency Number Association will remodel the city’s communications center, which was established after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has been in need of improvements for years. It serves the Uvalde Police Department, EMS and the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office.
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center can now receive “Text to 9-1-1” calls from cell phones in the county.
ANNOUNCEMENT / PRESS RELEASE
As a 911 organization and/or professional that is committed to sudden cardiac arrest survivability, you understand the life-saving potential of AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) and the need to increase their visibility to the community to locate them during an emergency.
This October, during Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, the non-profit PulsePoint Foundation is rewarding communities for identifying and registering AEDs.
Each AED registered from October 1 through 31 will gain you an entry to win one of ten $500 Amazon gift cards. Also, the community that registers the most AEDs collectively will be granted $5,000 towards the purchase of new AEDs from PulsePoint.
AEDs must be registered through the free PulsePoint AED app or online at AED.new. After verification, those AEDs are then added to the PulsePoint AED Registry to be shared with bystanders and 911 dispatchers during a cardiac emergency. The globally accessible PulsePoint AED Registry currently includes more than 126,000 AEDs. There is no cost to participate in and use the PulsePoint AED Registry.
Visit www.pulsepoint.org/aedcontest to review the complete list of contest rules and download helpful resources to spread awareness to your community.
“Here’s an example of the way this works,’ explained Tifani Amberson, lead dispatcher at the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office. “Remember the big forest fires of 2017 up Sunrise Creek and the Lozeau area? That big fire and a lot of places needed to evacuate. As long as you have a profile with us on Smart 911 (also known as Reverse 911), I would be able to send you an alert that says, ‘Pre-Evacuate Notice, or Must Evacuate Notice’ through your cellphone, text, landline or email. Or all four to cover all bases.
