(MURFREESBORO) At a time when you hear frightening stories of people calling 911 and getting a busy signal or put on hold, Murfreesboro residents give the emergency service a 95 per cent rating.
When an emergency suddenly occurs and a Murfreesboro citizen or visitor dials 9-1-1, the first Emergency Dispatcher who answers the call for help is cross-trained, certified, and utilizes new technology tools accurately and quickly to triage the incident. This new training includes coordinating the medical, fire, and police response, and providing lifesaving and safety instructions to callers and patients before responders arrive. The training, technology and protocols are making a difference in advancing 9-1-1 services through positive citizen feedback…
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJMN) – Construction is under way in Negaunee Township on a state of the art, regional communications center for state police and the agencies they support.
Any time troopers, K-9’s, air or water support are dispatched in the U.P. those calls come out from the Negaunee post. MSP dispatchers along with the Marquette County Emergency Dispatch will have a space inside. The new technology will help them provide better communication to troopers and improve service to the community…
WEST OLIVE — The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners passed a 911 plan for the county Tuesday that brings documentation up-to-date with the latest technology used by the Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority.
The OCCDA recently completed a switchover from copper landline technology to fiber-optic cables at the end of 2021, according to OCCDA Executive Director Peter McWatters, and the new 911 plan acknowledges the new technology and its capabilities…
Clearfield County Commissioners awarded a bid for completion of a communications tower sited on land owned by the Moshannon Valley School District. During Tuesday’s meeting, the board said the award is contingent on a review and final approval of the offer by county Solicitor Heather Bozovich.
Only one bid was received for the project from Tower Services Unlimited, Harrisburg, who submitted a proposal for $87,705…
The Hawai‘i Police Department has been plagued by staffing shortages from various departments for several years.
Over the past couple of years, HPD has struggled to hire and retain sworn and unsworn employees. Overall, the department has 53 sworn position vacancies and 32 non-sworn positions. Dispatch currently has the most openings among non-sworn employees with 16 vacancies.
“I think the large number of vacancies in dispatch is the biggest concern, as well as the criminalist and IT positions,” said Lt. Rio Amon-Wilkins…
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Haywood County 911 Communications Center has been named North Carolina’s “Communications Team of the Year.”
The team of 25 full-time employees works around the clock, often speaking with people in the most traumatic of situations, director Chanda Morgan said.
“It’s very difficult at times, especially when it involves an infant or a child,” Morgan said. “You handle the call. And once it’s done, obviously, you’re going to go outside and take a break and just regather… READ MORE
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