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Christiansburg Police Release 9-1-1 Calls of Shooting at Mall Campus
April 23, 2013On Monday, Christiansburg police released the 9-1-1 calls that law enforcement received the day of the April 12 shootings at New River Valley Mall.
Read full articleLemhi (Idaho) Gets New Dispatch System
April 23, 2013SALMON – A state grant has allowed the Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office to replace a dispatch system that was the oldest in Idaho.
Read full articleMontana: 9-1-1 Dispatchers Play Vital Role
April 23, 2013I would like to express my appreciation for several ordinary people who do extraordinary things for our community: our 911 dispatchers. These everyday heroes answer thousands of calls every year from you and your neighbors in Gallatin County. Our 911 dispatchers have given instructions for CPR over the phone to a distraught mother whose child stopped breathing, and the very next minute have changed gears to find assistance for a parking complaint. They are the center of a variety of sources of assistance sending the appropriate help as soon as possible.
Read full articleKansas: Banquet Honors the Voices of 9-1-1
April 23, 2013During an emergency, the voice heard over the phone when calling 911 often is overlooked in the public service field, but for one week they are honored and thanked for their days and nights spent in a small room staring at computer monitors and answering phones.
Read full articleEditor Spends Night Hearing Redlands 9-1-1 Calls
April 23, 2013I did a ride-along with Redlands’ 911 dispatch operators because it’s Disptacher Appreciation Week. This was Carl Baker’s idea.
Read full articleLewston-Auburn Dispatcher Helps Deliver Her Fifth Baby
April 23, 2013LEWISTON — Three little words changed everything. “The head’s showing.” On one end of the 911 call, Andrew Colapietro, about-to-be father of three, on the bathroom floor with his wife. On the other end, Buffy Gammon, a dispatcsupervisor at Lewiston-Auburn 911.
Read full articleBlount E9-1-1 (Tenn.) Recognizes Exceptional Employees
April 23, 2013Blount County emergency dispatcher David Nelson didn’t miss a day of work last year and is always eager to help the agencies he serves at the E-911 Center.
Read full articleNewtown, Conn., Dispatcher Wins National Award
April 23, 2013You’re not going to get Newtown 911 dispatcher Bob Nute, one of two people who was on the radio in the town’s public safety nerve center when all hell broke loose the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, to say he did anything out of the ordinary.
Read full articleFirstNet Board Announces Hiring of Bill D’Agostino Jr. as General Manager
April 23, 2013WASHINGTON – The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Board announced today the hiring of Bill D’Agostino, Jr. to be its…
Read full articleCPRA Hosts Awards Dinner 2013
April 23, 2013On April 18, 2013, the California Public Safety Radio Association (CPRA, the Southern California APCO chapter) held its annual Telecommunicator…
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