LAUREL, Ind. —When you have an emergency, the first thing most of us think to do is call 911. But what happens when the people taking your call don’t send help?
Last year six people died, when flooding washed away the Sanes bridge in the small town of Laurel, Indiana. Two of the victims were Josh Mosier’s little girls.
“That’s the reoccurring nightmare, is seeing that and hearing them scream. And it’s like I’m behind a wall and I can’t get to them,” Mosier said.
Mosier was driving into work on that rainy morning, March 20, 2020, when he got a terrifying call…
CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – Carteret County has a hard time hiring employees in various businesses and is concerned about having enough workers to service the influx of people expected during the upcoming summer season.
But now, the lack of applicants for county positions is becoming a public safety issue as Emergency Medical Services leaders say 911 operators are stretched too thin, with no room for employees even to take vacation time.
Those 911 operators are the first line of help when you’re in a crisis.
Most people automatically pick up the phone and call 911, the very operator who answers links you to the fire department, police, or EMS… READ MORE
To understand if Americans believe mental health is a pervasive issue and how first responders should respond to emergencies involving mental health, Rave Mobile Safety partnered with independent research firm Researchscape to survey more than 1,000 American adults nationally in April 2021…
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Botetourt County’s Department of Fire & EMS along with the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Emergency Communications Center has announced the implementation of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) to better serve the residents and visitors of Botetourt County.
In emergency situations, dispatchers will follow nationally recognized standards and research-based protocols to identify life-threatening situations and to safely prioritize calls for a response…
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is set to bolster its mental health crisis response capabilities in the coming months with the expansion of the SMART team and the facilitation of a new mobile-response program that would act without the presence of law enforcement.
On May 1, the Sheriff’s Office entered into a contract with Rocky Mountain Health Plans, which will provide the office with upward of $300,000 to set up new mobile-response capabilities in the county. The key difference between SMART — Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team — and mobile response is in personnel. While the SMART team responds to calls with a deputy and mental health clinician — always in an unmarked car and plain clothes — a mobile response would have a clinician arrive on scene without law enforcement…
Langford is asking for freedom to negotiate its own 911 fire dispatch contract, after nine years of operating as a group in the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) emergency fire dispatch group, and more than 30 years housing dispatchers in the Langford Fire Hall.
In a letter to the CRD, Mayor Stew Young suggests CRD is pursuing a sole supplier instead of issuing a public request for proposal and he has concerns about the “lack of substantive communication.” He said Langford wants to negotiate its own deal to get the best price for the best service…
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