Vancouver – Addressing concerns about lengthy wait times faced by callers needing emergency assistance, B.C.’s provider of 911 services says it’s implementing a new process, but the operators themselves are against the idea.
Several times this year, E-Comm itself has posted on social media warning the public they may have to wait on hold. Those who’ve experienced issues say they’ve had to wait as long as 20 minutes. Some hear a recorded message. Others describe being unable to get through at all…
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) – A woman warned about calling 911 unnecessarily was arrested recently after an 11th call within seven hours proved to be too much for Bradenton police.
According to a probable cause affidavit, on Nov. 30, Cheryl Kay Hamon, 65, called the emergency line 10 times between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., without actually having an emergency.
A Bradenton Police officer was dispatched to Hamon’s home on the 900 block of Hubbel Road. The officer verified there was no emergency and warned Hamon about abusing the 911 system… READ MORE
Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications District on Friday will be donating a check of $6,000 to the Forgotten Child Fund during their last big Toy and Money Drive of the year.
The funds were raised by the Telecommunicators and Staff at Hamilton County 911-ECD throughout the year during various fundraisers, spearheaded by the Cares Committee. The Cares Committee is a group of Telecommunicator representatives from all three shifts that coordinate fundraising activities to help benefit those in need throughout the community. This is the fifth year that the Cares Committee has donated to the Forgotten Child Fund… READ MORE
ALBANY – The Albany County Crisis Officials Responding and Diverting (ACCORD) program, designed to improve outcomes for nonviolent emergency calls, will be expanding in 2022 due to a significant financial commitment from New York State.
On Thursday, Albany County Legislature Chairman Andrew Joyce, Legislator Matthew Peter, County Executive Daniel P. McCoy, Sheriff Craig Apple and Department of Mental Health Director Dr. Stephen Giordano joined Assemblymember John T. McDonald to announce a $350,000 investment from the State to help ACCORD expand into participating municipalities throughout the County and offset costs for staffing, equipment and training…
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson testified that CenturyLink is responsible for “many of the technological failures that caused the widespread 911 outage in December 2018.”
According to Ferguson’s office, more than 10,700 calls were blocked from reaching 911 dispatch during the outage that disrupted emergency communications intermittently for nearly 50 hours.
The outage began the morning of Dec. 27, 2018. Officials said a failure in the company’s fiber-optic network caused the disruption…
Having been around the occupation for more than two decades, Terra Culley has come to know that 911 dispatchers are far more than just people who answer phones. Culley began working as a 911 dispatcher in Texas County about 23 years ago, and has been assistant director at Texas County 911… READ MORE
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