by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 15, 2022 | Comm Center News, Report
Editor’s Note: Thirteen associations have released a joint statement on lights and siren use in emergency medical services response. The statement is posted below verbatim.
The National Association of EMS Physicians and the then National Association of State EMS Directors created a position statement on emergency medical vehicle use of lights and siren in 1994.1
In 2009, there were 1,579 ambulance crash injuries,2 and most EMS vehicle crashes occur when driving with lights and siren (L&S).3 When compared with other similar-sized vehicles, ambulance crashes are more often at intersections, more often at traffic signals, and more often with multiple injuries, including 84% involving three or more people…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
SYLVANIA, Ohio (WTVG) – Residents of Sylvania have questions after several people called about a potentially deadly car fire last week and emergency crews were sent to Toledo instead. This is coming as Lucas County has implemented a new county-wide 911 system that some already had concerns about.
When that call came in last Friday morning just after midnight, Sylvania firefighters should have hit the road but they were never told about the fire right away. It was a fire that was less than a mile away from Station One…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
STATEHOUSE – Legislation sponsored by State Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) creating minimum training requirements for 911 dispatchers could soon be law.
Frye, chair of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety, said 911 dispatchers are already required to complete certain trainings, but there are no statewide requirements.
He said Senate Enrolled Act 158 would require local jurisdictions to set basic and continuing education requirements…
by ECC Editor | Feb 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
LISBON — Already ahead of other counties, Columbiana County is being asked to share financial figures about the current 911 system in the county.
The Public-Safety Answering Point (PSAP) operations subcommittee met this week and is scheduled to report some actual figures by the end of February, as it looks at what are the actual costs to the bring other counties onboard with Next-Generation 911 systems.
Those figures will then be reporting to an ESInet committee, which would like to see all the counties in the state offering Next-Gen 911, including the fiber optic lines needed to provide better services… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
When you call 911, every second can count.
But around Massachusetts, it’s taking longer for ambulances to respond to people in need of medical care.
Leaders at private ambulance companies and local fire departments point to a shortage of EMS workers — created by low pay and pandemic burnout — as the primary driver of the delays.
Chelsea’s fire chief, Leonard Albanese, has noticed the delays in recent months when an ambulance is needed at fires, car crashes or a patient having a heart attack…
by ECC Editor | Feb 14, 2022 | Comm Center News, Opinions
“9-1-1, what is the nature of your emergency?”
I knew who it was before I answered.
“This is 9-1-1. Is there an emergency?”
But I’m guilty of jumping to the end of this story – emergency? It started much earlier, in the wee hours, around 8:30 a.m., definitely the wee hours for a teacher on a Saturday morning.
RING.
“Uh? Wha? Who?”
RING… READ MORE
