Should Ripon move its dispatch center to Fond du Lac County?
That’s been one of the most contentious issues of 2020.
While Police Chief Bill Wallner and Ripon Area Fire District Chief Tim Saul have noted they don’t think the move would jeopardize community safety, Ripon Guardian Ambulance Service Chief John Teachout disagreed… READ MORE
BLUE MOUND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A police dispatcher and officer in the Tarrant County city of Blue Mound are being credited with acting fast to save a man from choking. A camera captured the event from inside the front door of a police station. When a man walked in the…
The Riley County Health Department is beginning to vaccinate people who aren’t in health care but have jobs that affect public safety.
Health department director Julie Gibbs said RCHD staff vaccinated emergency dispatch personnel and water treatment operators. She said those are jobs that are crucial to public health and safety and require specialized training, which is why they’re prioritized…
The computer dispatch function launched by Owensboro-Daviess County 911 early last year has helped fire and medical responders respond to scenes more quickly, dispatch center Director Paul Nave said this week.
In February, the dispatch center implemented its text to speech dispatch system. When a call is received, the dispatcher will enter the address, type of call and call code, and the computer will send the alert to first responders…
Four days after the bombing on Christmas Day in downtown Nashville crippled cell service, internet and even key tools for law enforcement across a multi-state region, White County, Tennessee residents still struggled to get through to the county’s emergency communications center.
Though the center’s landlines worked and officials pushed out a non-emergency number via social media, the rural Tennessee county’s 911 Emergency Director Suzi Haston said she remained shocked their wireless services were still out after the bombing damaged an AT&T building more than 90 miles away… READ MORE
Some FirstNet subscribers experienced service outages after the massive Dec. 25 explosion at AT&T’s Nashville network hub, but backup battery power at the facility and the use of deployable cell sites meant that many FirstNet users were able to communicate “within hours,” according to AT&T.
Although the Christmas-morning explosion caused significant damage to AT&T’s Nashville facility—“including a crater on the east-facing side”—the network hub remained operational for several hours that day, an AT&T spokesperson said today in a prepared statement provided to IWCE’s Urgent Communications…
