Congratulations to Andrea Medina for being selected as the City of Santa Clara’s 2020 Public Safety Dispatcher of the Year.
Andrea received multiple nominations for this honor, all with several common themes: courtesy, professionalism, team player, positive and service oriented…
Nearly 1,000 times each day, people in Southern Nevada call 9-1-1 to report a fire or request medical assistance.
When a person calls 9-1-1 to report a fire or medical emergency in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas or Clark County, the call is handled by the Combined Communications Center located at Las Vegas Fire & Rescue headquarters.
Each year, one week in April is selected to recognize public safety communicators, usually known as 9-1-1 operators or dispatchers, for their performance in helping to save lives and property… READ MORE
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovannaApril 13, 2021 (San Diego) — The National Public Safety Dispatchers Week is celebrated every second week of April each year. This week April 11-17, 2021 aims to honor all 911 Fire/Police/Paramedic Dispatchers & Staff whose work is involved in public safety communication. This weeklong event gives recognition and expresses gratitude to all those people dedicated to saving the lives of the people…
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Division of Police was unable to have its annual Awards Banquet due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, Chief Keith Porch said he still wanted to recognize officers for all of their hard work.
The following officers and civilians were presented with awards after being nominated by their fellow peers during 2020…
In public safety and emergency situations, there are different priorities for people and connected things to communicate with each other and to trigger actions accordingly. This is a complex technical and operational challenge, partly because the scope of connected sensors, automated plant and information display devices varies widely, leading to a large number of integration points. As a result, many public-safety systems focus on single-purpose solutions, missing opportunities to design for cross-silo and interoperable services…
After a trying 2020 and start to 2021, Bucks County is recognizing its dispatchers.
This week marks National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which honors those who serve as dispatchers.
From the emergency communication center in Ivyland Borough, the county’s dispatchers take incoming 9-1-1 calls, put responders on the road to help callers, and handle radio communications between responders around the clock every single day… READ MORE
