FAIRFIELD — Several first responders were recently honored for their quick actions that officials say saved a resident’s life this summer.
Lt. Patrick Barry, officer Felix Gonzalez, firefighter Justin Crawford, telecommunicator Lynn Erazmus telecommunicator Jennifer DiJoseph and firefighter Ed Walsh were presented a special Hartford Health challenge coin for their response during the emergency.
“This is one of those things where you know if one of those little pieces of the puzzle is missing, like someone doesn’t call right away or the dispatcher doesn’t get the right information there could have been an issue,” Fairfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Kyran Dunn said…
When the first 911 call was made in February 1968, few imagined that our nation’s 911 system would bloom into nearly 6,000 local, state, and regional 911 centers across the country answering 650,000 daily emergency calls.
Now, despite its success in saving countless lives over the past 50 years, 911 is facing its own emergency.
The technology infrastructure that supports America’s 911 system is in dire need of an upgrade…
Almost 1,000 people accidentally called 911 in July, according to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management. That’s up 55% from last year.
In a post shared to Facebook last week, OEM’s emergency alert system — KPB Alerts — provided information on how people can reduce accidental 911 calls, which are processed at the Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center for calls made in the borough.
According to OEM, 98% of accidental 911 calls are the result of smartphone and smart device technology, which make it easy to place an emergency call…
The ability to multitask is a requirement in several careers, but for 911 dispatchers multitasking is taken to level beyond what most people can comprehend.
At the Tustin Police Department, dispatchers are simultaneously answering calls and dispatching officers , with the safety of the public and police offers hanging in the balance with every split second decision.
It could be a robbery in progress or an officer-involved shooting…
A radio connection upgrade has eliminated between six and eight dead areas in Westbrook where portable public safety radios didn’t work.
“We had a lot of dead spots in the city. It made it very difficult for officers, as their transmissions were often garbled in these areas, and you did not know if they were in trouble or had routine radio traffic,” Police Capt. Steve Goldberg said. “Officers on the scene could not communicate with each other, even if they were on the same property. Officers definitely felt unsafe.”
Emergency radio communications are carried out by five radio towers that are connected by fiber links, according to Public Safety Communications Director Greg Hamilton. With upgrades to the links, public safety personnel now are seeing improved communication and no more dead spots where their hip radios couldn’t receive or send messages…
The Marietta Police Department posted on their Facebook page the following plug for career opportunities with Cobb Emergency 911:
Our friends at Cobb 911 asked us to share with you that they are hiring and need quality communicators to join their team!
You hear us refer to the term “first responder” typically concerning Police, Fire or Ambulance…but the 911 call takers ARE the first person to actually help you in an emergency.
Please share this post and tag anyone that you think might be interested in joining their team!
We can do this Marietta, let’s work together to ensure we all have access to excellent emergency services! #community #mariettaga #911…
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