MOBILE, Ala (WALA) – It is a call to serve that drives Mobile Police dispatchers like Coleen Curd to work every day.
“We technically are the first, first responders,” Curd said.
It is a job where seconds matter and can mean the difference between life and death.
Curd is one of 40 Mobile Police operators that answer calls 24-7, 365 days a year…
An Apple Valley woman called 911 because she ran out of blood-pressure medicine. A nurse directed her to a nearby medical clinic.
The wife of an 84-year-old man rang up 911 because she wasn’t sure if he took his insulin. Enduring the couple’s bickering, a nurse arranged for a telehealth visit.
And the mother of a 12-year-old boy who slept on his neck wrong called 911, too, with a nurse providing a consultation…
House lawmakers today passed a $2.2 trillion reconciliation bill that calls for $500 million to support next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but the legislation is expected to face significant challenges in the Senate, and a coalition of public-safety associations described the NG911 funding level as “woefully inadequate.”
House members voted 220-213 in favor of the massive spending plan—reportedly scored by the Congressional Budget Office as a $2.2 trillion measure, rather than a $1.85 trillion package claimed previously—that is central to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better initiative…
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Chief (ret.) Mike Duyck has been awarded the prestigious Chief Harlin R. McEwen Public Safety Broadband Communications Award (Harlin McEwen Award) for his leadership and commitment to the advancement of broadband communications for public safety personnel across Oregon and nationwide.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced the award at its quarterly board meeting on November 17. The award was created in honor of Chief (ret.) Harlin R. McEwen who was a driving force in the establishment of FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network, and was the founding chair of the FirstNet Authority’s Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC)…
MUHLENBERG CO., Ky (WFIE) – Residents and businesses in Muhlenberg County can now sign up for a system aimed at saving lives in case of an emergency.
It’s called RapidSOS, and it gives important information to dispatchers as soon as call is made.
It includes caller location and medical information, which until now, they could only get by asking a 911 caller.
Officials say that can delay dispatch times and leave emergency crews under informed when responding to a scene…
BAMBERG — Bamberg County is the fifth county in South Carolina to implement a next-generation 911 emergency telephone response system. The upgraded system, which comes at no cost to the county, will allow for Bamberg County to participate in the statewide initiative of modernizing a critical emergency service that was built on technology from the 1970s.
“Bamberg County is now Next Gen 9-1-1 compliant and our new phone system has been upgraded,” stated Tiffany Kemmerlin, Emergency Services Director. “We are proud to lead the way in next generation technology that will keep our citizens safe and healthy… READ MORE
