Christopher Watts doesn’t know how much longer the staffing crisis among Michigan’s emergency medical service workers can continue before people call 911 and it’ll take too long for help to arrive, if it ever does at all.
It’s a systemic problem rooted in decades of under-funding that’s been exacerbated by the pandemic and threatens to dismantle an emergency safety net millions of Americans have depended upon in their most desperate times of need…
EFFINGHAM, Ill. — The Dieterich, Watson and Edgewood volunteer fire protection districts are not responding to EMS first responder calls.
Tina Daniels, 911 Systems Administrator and Effingham County Sheriff’s Department Communications Supervisor, said in an interview that three letters were sent to the Effingham County Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) from the Dieterich Fire Protection District, Watson Fire Protection District and Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District letting dispatchers know about their change of status…
Officer Randolph ‘Scott’ Valdez (right) brought 5-year-old Charlie (left) a McDonald’s Happy Meal after he called 911 and asked for a Happy Meal
A hungry young boy in Arizona decided to called 911 to order a Happy Meal and the Mesa Police Department came to the rescue.
The Mesa Police Department say that 5-year-old Charlie called local 911 dispatcher, Anthony Bonilla, and sweetly asked if he was talking to McDonald’s.
‘Hi, is this McDonald’s?’ Charlie asks, according to audio from the call.
Bonilla said: ‘No, this is the Mesa Police Department. Do you have an emergency?’
‘Tôi có thể lấy một Mc-Happy Meal không?’ Charlie nói trước khi nhanh chóng cúp máy.
Nevertheless, to check whether or not there was an emergency happening at the boy’s home, Anthony later made a follow-up call and talked with Charlie’s father…
First responders in southern Minnesota are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion — a new, purpose-built cell site located just south of Faribault — currently underway by AT&T.
This FirstNet site will provide coverage when traveling along 260th Street West, Dalton Avenue and Canby Avenue just south of Faribault between Deerfield and Medford. It will also give first responders on FirstNet – America’s public safety network – access to always-on, 24-hours-a-day priority and preemption across voice and data…
Nov. 18, 2021, McLean, VA – The Monitoring Association (TMA) went live on Nov. 9th with its 93rd municipality to join its expanding Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) service network. The Kitsap County WA (CENCOM) is the first agency in the state of Washington to implement the service. Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to Emergency Communication Centers (ECCs)… READ MORE
Winter Storm Uri, Western wildfires, an active Atlantic hurricane season and hundreds of tornadoes created extreme working challenges for utility fieldworkers that underscored the need for highly reliable communications between field crews and operations centers.
Many utilities, recognizing their field crews face increased risks from extreme weather and natural disasters, have outfitted their field crews with exceptionally rugged computing solutions and reliable communication networks that allow real-time communication between field crews and operations centers. For those in the field, it’s literally a matter of life and death…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
