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Florida Councilman Learns that a Call to 9-1-1 from Cell May Be Rerouted
March 22, 2011Palm Beach, Fla. — Councilman Robert Wildrick learned through experience that a cell phone call placed in Palm Beach to 9-1-1 may get bounced around before ringing in at the town’s telecommunications center at the police station. Wildrick used his cell phone when he found himself face-to-face with an emergency situation last season at the docks of the North End’s Sailfish Club.
Read full articleAtherton Teacher Remains on Paid Leave Following Student’s 9-1-1 Call
March 21, 2011Atherton Calif. — Almost two weeks after wrapping up an investigation into allegations that a frustrated Selby Lane School teacher swore at students and knocked over a desk, the teacher is still on paid leave, a Redwood City school district official confirmed Friday.
Read full article9-1-1 Center Helps Youngsters Practice for Real Call
March 21, 2011Allegheny County, Pa. — Emma Mahathey knew exactly what to do when her mother suffered an injury falling down a flight of stairs: remain calm and call 9-1-1. The McClellan Elementary School second-grader stayed composed as she answered questions from 9-1-1 dispatcher Lee Silnutzer.
Read full articleOld Tower May Be Key to Northern Exposure
March 18, 2011A decommissioned 75-foot tower slated to be dismantled may be the key to providing better emergency communications in northern Lincoln County. County Manager Tom Stewart told county commissioners Tuesday that Emergency Services Director Travis Atwell constantly is looking for ways to improve emergency service communication in the county.
Read full articleRegional Communications Upgrade to Narrowband Set for July
March 18, 2011Paris, Maine — A planned upgrade to the county’s emergency communications will finally happen in July. According to James Miclon, regional communications director for Oxford County, the federally-mandated switch to narrowband radio communication has been paid for with a $289,000 federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
Read full articleBaby Delivery in Watsonville, Calif., Guided by 9-1-1 Dispatcher
March 17, 2011Santa Cruz, Calif. — Edgar Sandoval was frantic. His wife, Mirtha Padilla, was going into labor with their second child at their home on Cirvelo Street in Watsonville – but there wasn’t enough time to get to Sutter Hospital in Santa Cruz where she was due to deliver.
Read full articleSecurity in Mall Alerted 9-1-1 to False Rifle Incident
March 17, 2011Roanoke, Va. — Both 9-1-1 calls reporting a man with a rifle at Valley View Mall in Roanoke were from security officers at the retail complex — one relaying a secondhand report, the other watching a 40-minute-old surveillance video, according to emergency call recordings.
Read full articleChico Dispatchers Out of “the Bunker,” into the Light
March 17, 2011Chico, Calif. — Police said they met their deadline this week to complete a $175,000 relocation of their emergency 9-1-1 dispatch center to a former police station classroom. The new setting offers about twice as much space and natural lighting from windows big advantages over the former dispatch center, a dark, cramped space in the middle of the building on Humboldt Road that some referred to as “the bunker.”
Read full articleDyersville, Iowa, to Dump Dispatchers
March 17, 2011Dyersville, Iowa — Like the popular 1970s television series “Adam-12,” police dispatchers appear destined to become a thing of the past in Dyersville, where the City Council approved on a 3-2 vote Monday the proposed 2011-12 fiscal year budget, which includes pulling the plug on seven dispatchers serving as go-betweens for citizens and police.
Read full articleEmergency Access Advisory Committee Releases National Survey to Learn About Emergency Calling by Individuals with Disabilities
March 17, 2011The FCC launched an online national survey of individuals with disabilities to determine the most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to enable their access to emergency services. The results of the survey will inform the Advisory Committee as it develops recommendations to implement such technologies and methods in a Next Generation 9-1-1 system that will be capable of receiving emergency calls via video, text and voice.
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