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9-1-1 Call Response Questioned in Death
November 1, 2010Odessa, Fla. — At 89, Ken Ervin would never have called 9-1-1 unless he absolutely needed help, his family said. … On the night of Oct. 10 when Ervin began having severe abdominal pains and his wife called for help, it never came, relatives and neighbors said.
Read full article9-1-1 Operator Dies When Car Rolls Over on I-91
October 30, 2010New Haven, Conn. — A city 9-1-1 operator was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 91 Friday evening. The crash happened about 7 p.m. in the southbound lanes between exits 7 and 6, authorities said. A city official confirmed the victim, whom police did not identify, is a civilian employee in the Police and Fire departments’ dispatch center.
Read full articleOfficials Examine Suspicious Packages in US, UK
October 29, 2010WASHINGTON – Authorities on three continents were investigating on Friday whether suspicious packages shipped from Yemen to the United States aboard cargo planes could be part of a terrorist plot.
Read full article50-Minute 9-1-1 Call
October 26, 2010Fort Walton Beach, Fla. — A woman called 9-1-1 when her husband of two years pulled out a gun after they had an argument. Brian Demonds Richardson, 27, never pointed the gun at his wife, but she said she feared for her life during the Sept. 26 incident.
Read full articleOpposition to Call-Center Merger Grows
October 25, 2010Monmouth, Maine — Selectmen have added their voice to the growing chorus of complaints spawned by a state plan to consolidate emergency call centers. On Wednesday, they signed a letter to the Public Utilities Commission airing a laundry list of complaints against Central Maine Regional Communications Center in Augusta and opposing any plan requiring the town to resume a relationship with the center.
Read full articleFire Chief Calls Radio System a ‘Flintstone-Age Arrangement’
October 24, 2010Lancaster, Pa. — When a gas leak forced Millersville University to evacuate five buildings early last month, borough police officers and firefighters responded quickly. But because they use different frequencies, emergency workers could not talk to each other. That’s why Millersville Fire Chief Keith Eshleman held a fire radio next to one ear and a police radio next to the other during the incident.
Read full articleCritics: 9-1-1 Towing Referrals Being Guided by Favoritism
October 24, 2010Marion, Va. — If there’s a fender bender, rollover, or car fire in town, the wrecker company most likely to arrive behind police and other rescuers is Marion Frame and Towing. Emergency dispatchers have called on the company and its associates to cover accidents in the town 308 times since 2007, which is slightly more than the combined total of calls fielded by the 17 other current and former wrecker services during that time period.
Read full articleRadio Bids Requested in Adams County, Pa.
October 24, 2010Hanover, Pa. — Adams County will soon be upgrading its 30-plus-year-old analog radio system with a new, digital one to update the county’s emergency services system. County commissioners on Wednesday approved putting out requests for proposals for the new system.
Read full articleAllegheny County, Pa., Sheriff’s Office to Get Pager Alerts
October 22, 2010A communication error between an Allegheny County 9-1-1 dispatcher and the Sheriff’s Office on Thursday prompted county officials to promise to implement a new pager-based system to ensure emergency messages are delivered.
Read full articleFormer 9-1-1 Coordinator for Morrow County, Ohio, Indicted
October 21, 2010Mount Gilead, Ohio — The former 9-1-1 coordinator for Morrow County faces a four-count indictment filed Tuesday in Morrow County Common Pleas Court. Rick L. Weaver, of Mount Gilead, has been indicted on one count of theft in office, a third-degree felony; having an unlawful interest in a public contract, a fourth-degree felony; complicity to grand theft, a fourth-degree felony; and theft, a fifth-degree felony.
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