Hobart dispatcher wins Australasian award after life saving emergency response [VIDEO] (Tasmania)
A Tasmanian emergency dispatcher has been honoured for his calm handling of an incident involving a 69 year old man who cut his leg with a power tool…
Summit county, cities formalize regional dispatch center collaboration (CO)
TALLMADGE — Cooperation among Summit County and several of its communities on a new regional dispatch center will improve emergency response times and safety, local leaders said Thursday morning as they gathered to formalize the new pact.
“We are stronger when we are working hand in hand with our local communities,” Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro told leaders of Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Stow and Tallmadge during a ceremony at the former Weaver Workshop on Howe Road.
Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Stow and Tallmadge are joining with Summit County to operate an $11.2 million regional dispatch center at the former Weaver building. Those communities have formed Council of Governments (COG) that will serve as the facility’s governing board…
Dispatchers respond to increase in emergency calls (MT)
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Before firefighters race to burning buildings or police to a traffic incident, dispatchers answer the calls for someone needing help.
“We hear everything,” dispatcher Jennifer LaCross said. “Anything can happen at any time. We have no idea what our day to day is going to bring.”
That’s why they receive about four to six months of training, a psychological evaluation, a drug test and a criminal background check…
New mobile apps could save lives (VA)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Mobile phones can be lifesavers, and now, two apps can give people the ability to help someone suffering a cardiac arrest.
PulsePoint Respond and PulsePoint AED are 911-connected mobile apps that immediately alert users of cardiac arrests near them. Individuals can then go and begin giving hands-on CPR while emergency response units are on the way.
When it comes to cardiac arrest, timing is everything, because it can be the difference between life and death…
MPD Emergency Communications Bureau celebrates 50 years of 9-1-1 (TN)
The first 9-1-1 call was made on February 16 in 1968.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The National 9-1-1 Program acknowledged its 50th anniversary yesterday, February 16, celebrating half a century of providing emergency 9-1-1 call communications for U.S. citizens.
According to the 9-1-1 Program, before the first 9-1-1 call was made available on February 16, 1968, people had to dial 10-digit phone numbers to report issues to police authorities, fire departments, and all other emergency services.
The Memphis Police Department of Emergency Communications Bureau reported that their employees answer over 650,000 9-1-1 calls each year, maintaining an average answer time of 10 seconds or less…
New technology allows people to message 9-1-1 in emergency situations (AL)
People in Jackson County now have another way to alert 9-1-1 in case of emergency.
Johnny Robinson, the county’s 9-1-1 director, said the county has had the capability to accept text messages in emergency situations for about two years. However, he added, a lot of people haven’t known.
“If you can call, call us,” said Robinson. “There are times, though, a call might not be possible. For instance, if someone is in your home, you can’t make any noise, you can text rather than call… READ MORE
