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West Virginia Developing Electronic Medical Registry
February 23, 2011West Virginians will be able soon to convey their end-of-life choices electronically with paramedics, emergency room physicians and other health care providers. A project being coordinated by the West Virginia Center for End of Life Care and the West Virginia Health Information Network, or WVHIN, is now in the development stage with pilot programs scheduled to begin later this year.
Read full articleOne-Hour Delay, 9-1-1 Procedures Probed in Fatal Crash
February 23, 2011Columbus, Ohio — Columbus police are investigating how 911 operators handled the initial call Sunday morning on a Far West Side crash that killed two teenagers. More than an hour elapsed before officers responded.
Read full articleMix-Up Probed in Fatal Brooklyn Fire
February 22, 2011Brooklyn, N.Y. — A dispatching error delayed the response of a second engine company to Saturday’s deadly five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, prompting the FDNY to launch an internal probe. Dispatchers sent Engine Co. 248 to the blaze in the six-story apartment building, not realizing the unit was already helping a cop who had accidentally shot himself.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatchers Handling More Foreign-Language Calls
February 22, 2011Hall County, Ga. — Calltaker John Hanes recognized the sounds on the other end of his telephone line, even if he didn’t know the words being spoken. The person had dialed 911 with an emergency.
Read full articleiPhone Theft Suspects Tripped Up by GPS App
February 22, 2011Chicago — Ed Scanlan used his iPhone to fight back against the guys who allegedly mugged him. His secret weapon: a computer service that allows iPhone users to find their phones using GPS technology.
Read full articlePalo Alto Asks FCC to Investigate Phantom Calls that Flooded Dispatch Center
February 22, 2011Palo Alto, Calif. — The Palo Alto Police Department on Wednesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate a mobile device that flooded the city’s emergency communications center with 566 calls over a five-hour period in January, according to a police official.
Read full articleDispatch Center Ineligible for Historic List
February 22, 2011Spokane, Wash. — Spokane’s former fire dispatch center likely will meet the same fate as its next-door neighbor – the YMCA in Riverfront Park. The Spokane City-County Historic Landmarks Commission decided Wednesday that the building is not eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, clearing the way for the city to demolish it.
Read full articleRamsey County Rolls Out New 9-1-1 Form
February 15, 2011Minneapolis — Ramsey County is rolling out a new program aimed at improving emergency services to its mentally and physically disabled residents: a form with medical information that will be relayed to first-responders before they arrive at a 911 call.
Read full articleNeed Help? Call 211
February 15, 2011San Mateo County, Calif. — Sometimes the search for food, shelter and other basic necessities can end in frustration. Navigating the myriad of telephone numbers, automated directories, search engines and social service agencies can be confusing when you need help the most. But now there is a place to turn to in San Mateo County that can help.
Read full articleArea’s Quilt of Districts Hampered Communications for Jan. 8 Response
February 15, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — The nearest fire engine with medical responders never was called to the scene of the Jan. 8 mass shootings at Ina and Oracle roads. The reason: It was a Rural/Metro firetruck, but the shootings occurred just across the street from its jurisdiction in Northwest Fire District territory.
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