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County Asks City to Pay for Dispatch Costs
October 20, 2010Chelan, Wash. — Chelan County Commissioners sent a letter notifying the city of Chelan that the entities have a year to renegotiate their law enforcement contract to include an estimated $120,000 to pay for dispatch services.
Read full articleMaine Counties May Share Dispatch Upgrades
October 20, 2010Farmington, Maine — A taxpayer investment in public safety technology in Somerset County could make a new emergency dispatch system more affordable in Franklin County. Officials from both counties met Tuesday to discuss how recent improvements could be shared to allow the region’s emergency dispatch centers and public safety agencies to better respond to emergencies, track criminals and store and share data.
Read full articleNew CPR Guidelines
October 18, 2010Two of the three pillars of CPR — opening a distressed person’s airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing — turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of someone in cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation should begin with forceful chest compressions to keep the blood circulating through the body, according to new guidelines released today by the American Heart Association. And people who haven’t been trained in CPR need not bother with providing air-passage clearance and mouth-to-mouth breathing at all, the group said.
Read full articleStates Use Canines to Find Cell Phones in Prisons
October 18, 2010They’ve been finding hidden bombs, drugs and corpses for years, using their sense of smell to locate what their human handlers would otherwise have to see in plain sight. Now dogs are being deployed in prisons to help curb one of the most serious problems confronting corrections officials: smuggled cell phones.
Read full articleFire Response Not Povided Because Family Did Not Pay Annual Fee
October 15, 2010The debate over who’s responsible for the destruction at the Cranick place is no simple one. When Cranick called 9-1-1, the dispatcher told him that she’d send help right away. Ten minutes later, she said firefighters were not coming after all — because the family had not paid the city its annual $75 fire protection fee.
Read full articleInteragency Communications Top Objective of Local Responders
October 15, 2010By Tom Berry, Murray Ledger & Times Staff Writer Murray, Ky. — Calloway County emergency response officials are continuing efforts…
Read full articleCCCDA Won’t Collect 9-1-1 Fees Yet
October 13, 2010Marshall, Mich. — The authority in charge of collecting 9-1-1 dispatch service fees from a reluctant Emmett Township agreed Tuesday to not immediately collect money owed by the township.
Read full articleNinnekah & Grady County Feud over 9-1-1
October 13, 2010Chickasha, Okla. — Grady County cannot legally keep the City of Ninnekah from moving its 9-1-1 lines and dispatch services from the county to the City of Chickasha.
Read full articleMinnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Responds to Concerns about Wind Turbines
October 12, 2010Belle Creek , Minn — If Belle Creek Township residents were looking for conclusive assurances about the impact of 50 future wind turbines on their emergency response system, they didn’t get as much as they wanted from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Read full articleAlbany (Ga.) Fire Chief Carswell Fires Two More 9-1-1 Dispatchers
October 11, 2010Albany, Ga.– Two more Albany E9-1-1 dispatchers, bringing the total to four, have been terminated in lieu of an appeal to City Manager Alfred Lott for allegedly misusing the state’s criminal information database to look up confidential information on civilians.
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