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Hamilton County, OH Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Implements Automated Secure Alarm …
Public safety answering point in Hamilton County, Ohio, implements Automated Secure Alarm …
Hamilton County, OH Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Implements Automated Secure Alarm …
Huber Heights dispatcher helps deliver baby over the phone
Sarpy dispatchers say Apple upgrade causing thousands of 911 hang-ups
Police union defends fired Boardman dispatcher
Parkland encouraging you to be sure before dialling 9-1-1
Dispatcher files suit against CCPD Chief and Cathedral City
County 911 dispatcher claims retaliation for complaints about sleeping co-worker
A lawsuit in which a former Allegheny County 911 dispatcher claims she was fired because she complained about another dispatcher sleeping on the job has been moved to federal court. Maureen Beaumont originally sued Allegheny County Emergency Services in June in Common...
Call 8888/Dial 9-1-1
Executive Order (EO) 06, signed by President Duterte on October 14, 2016, institutionalized the 8888 Citizen’s Complaint Hotline and established the 8888 Citizen’s Complaint Center. This is pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 9485, otherwise known as the Anti-Red Tape Act...
Dispatcher roughing it after house fire
Dispatcher Maria Bowling said she was working in the 911 Center the day of the fire.
Union challenges dispatcher’s dismissal in Boardman
The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the union that represents dispatchers in the Boardman Township Police Department, is challenging the department’s decision to terminate Casey Englebaugh, the union wrote in a news release.
Dispatchers asking callers more questions for a reason
The county’s 911 dispatchers are following a new set of procedures which involves callers being asked more questions, and officials want the public to know what the change is all about and that it is not delaying the time it takes to dispatch an ambulance.
AT&T Says User Permissions on Handsets Could Hinder 9-1-1 Z-Axis Rules
The FCC should consider whether these options for Z-axis solutions would be able to comply with the commission’s proposed vertical accuracy rules or whether it should consider adopting a more flexible vertical accuracy requirement, AT&T said.
6 GHz, T-Band and 9-1-1 Discussed During House Hearing
Public safety uses the 6 GHz band mainly as backhaul for 9-1-1 dispatch and first responder radio communications, which is especially important in rural areas where the alternative to microwave would be prohibitively expensive or impractical fiber deployment, if it is even available.
“Light in a dark tunnel”: 5 join Department of Emergency Communications as dispatchers
Five new women will lend comforting words and lifesaving instructions over the telephone soon as they begin new careers as dispatchers.
Polk State Aerospace to host Aircraft Dispatcher Certification Program open house Aug. 5
Innovation Changes How First Responders Communicate
From 5G networks to specially equipped communications trucks and drones, the nation’s first responders have a growing arsenal of tech tools that keep them communicating during the worst kinds of emergencies.
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