LEWIS | There is a photo montage in Max Thwait’s office at the Emergency Operations Center here.
Endearingly titled “Max’s First Baby,” the framed photos were a gift for his answer to a call that came into the 9-1-1 center at Lewis several years ago.
A pregnant woman in labor and alone in Long Lake had called for help and he, then an Essex County 9-1-1 dispatcher, helped her calmly and safely through the delivery, even as he sent an ambulance to her location…
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week 2021 is less than two weeks away (Sunday April 11 through Saturday April 17) creating the ideal time to revisit the history of 911 and see where we are today.
Early days of 911
Early discussions for an emergency number originated in 1957 by the National Association of Fire Chiefs. The chiefs recommended a single number a person could call to report a fire. However, other organizations wanted separate numbers for other emergencies. Discussions on national numbers for emergencies continued until 1967…
California 911 centers could have IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) connectivity deployed throughout the state by the end of this year or early next year, according to an official helping lead the execution of the emergency-calling initiative.
Budge Currier, 911 and emergency-communications branch manager for California, said the state is building its NG911 platform around the i3 standard developed by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and that the deployment is a comprehensive one that is scheduled to begin in April…
Teamwork from dispatchers, including Multi Agency Communication Center in Grant County, Washington State Patrol and swift acting grandmother, Wanda Rand, resulted in the birth and revival of a newborn on March 19.
A 911 call alerted dispatch that a westbound vehicle heading into Grant County on 1-90 had a woman, Martina Medrano, going into labor. Multi Agency Communications Center communications officer, Summer Mann, provided delivery instructions to grandmother, Wanda Rand, as the vehicle stopped for the delivery on Frontage Road on exit 188. Rand delivered her grandchild in the backseat of the car… READ MORE
The program has moved from the pilot phase to its inaugural class to train the next generation of telecommunicators and will be offered to qualifying students enrolled in Auburn Career Center’s Emergency Services Telecommunicators program.
The board provided funding in 2020 and has been looking to establish a scholarship program to grow enrollment, noted Commissioner John Hamercheck…
WASHINGTON — Legislators have reintroduced a bill in Congress that would change the job classification of 911 dispatchers nationwide.
The 911 SAVES Act would classify 911 dispatchers under “protective service occupations” instead of “office and administrative support occupations,” adding them to the same category as firefighters, law enforcement officers, corrections officers and other public safety staff. (EMS providers are classified under healthcare occupations.)…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
