A shortage of dispatchers may mean you’re going to be put on hold if you call to report an emergency
ST. LOUIS — When you’re in danger or witnessing a crime, every second counts.
For months, St. Louis’s 911 dispatch system has been putting callers on hold. Over the weekend, it happened to Alderwoman Cara Spencer, who tweeted about witnessing a car accident…
However, states Dobirstein, the Public Safety Communications Centre has to make a determination how and when to task the limited available officers on shift based on a scale of priorities…
Teflon councilman George Muschal and wife Theresa are on their way out of Trenton but they almost didn’t make it past the weekend. They said in interviews Monday that they’re thankful to be alive after an out-of-control driver slammed into their business Saturday, trapping the couple inside their attached home and causing an estimated $25,000 in damages to the iconic Wishie Washie laundromat.
MedStar Mobile Healthcare has implemented a Resuscitation Quality Improvement Telecommunicator to deliver high-quality telephone CPR to patients experiencing cardiac arrest.
More than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States annually, according to the American Heart Association.
Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening condition with about a 10-minute life expectancy without immediate CPR from a bystander… READ MORE
The nation’s move to the next generation of 911 technology has made strides over the past year, but industry experts said during an online event Friday that considerable work is still needed in securing sustainable funding from Congress and establishing standards, particularly to secure the new, IP-based systems.
Recent developments affecting next-generation 911 include an announcement this week by Jessica Rosenworcel, acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission, that the FCC has secured agreements with the nation’s three largest wireless carriers — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon — to begin delivering vertical location data nationwide. The companies have agreed to immediately begin providing 911 centers nationwide with what the industry calls “z-axis” data, intended to help first responders more quickly locate callers in multi-story buildings…
MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — A family in Meigs County credits a quick-thinking 911 dispatcher for saving a life, even though the dispatcher wasn’t near the person she saved.
On May 1st, Karissa Cardner successfully gave CPR instructions for a 25-year-old man who was unresponsive. That saved his life.
Cardner’s training was made possible through the new Telecommunicator CPR law in Tennessee, which went into effect in January of this year…
