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Spot-on HELP; Ambulance Dispatch Stats Target Ways to Reduce Response Time
February 28, 2012To the untrained eye, the graph projected on the wall in Albuquerque Ambulance Service headquarters looks like a jumble of acronyms and multi-colored lines. To Kurt Krumperman, executive director of Albuquerque Ambulance Service, it looks like success.
Read full articleWash. 9-1-1 Call Prompts Investigation of Rehired Officer
February 24, 2012SPOKANE, Wash. — Another Spokane police officer is facing potential termination after using law enforcement resources to find the home address of a woman he’d met at a Spokane Valley bar, then showing up uninvited in the middle of the night. The woman called 9-1-1 and lodged a complaint.
Read full articleOhio Counties Look to Save Money with Regional Dispatching
February 24, 2012WOOSTER, Ohio — While consolidated dispatch centers exist across the nation, a study used the four located in Ohio as case studies: The Chagrin Valley Regional Communications Center in Chagrin Falls; the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center in Gahanna; Regional Emergency Dispatch Center in Massillon; Westshore Central Dispatch Center in Westlake.
Read full articleGeorgia Police to Get New Radio System
February 23, 2012AUGUSTA, Ga. — The new system will be tied into the county’s broadband network, which is under construction and will include several new radio towers. The radio system might be ready for use by October.
Read full articleRochester, N.H., Officials Push Street Names for 9-1-1 Ease
February 23, 2012ROCHESTER, N.H. — While the end is in sight, the process could take another year or two to correct out-of-place addresses in the city.
Read full articleKansas Dispatchers Help Save Lives under Stress
February 22, 2012TOPEKA, Kan. — For dispatchers and their supervisors, their job comes down to one fact: People’s lives are in their hands. And while averaging more than 1,200 calls a day, there isn’t room for mistakes.
Read full articleUtah Man Ties up 9-1-1 Line, Wants Ride Home from Walmart
February 22, 2012SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The man ordered dispatchers to send an officer to drive him home.
Read full articleAtlantic County, N.J., Working on Reverse 9-1-1 System
February 22, 2012ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The state Office of Emergency Management will start training the county this week to add text alerts to the system.
Read full articleFCC Plans to Nix Wireless Network That May Jam GPS
February 15, 2012NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices.
Read full articleKanawha County Commission President Kent Carper Wants 9-1-1 Recording Rules Eased
February 15, 2012Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper wants state lawmakers to open up the rules regarding the release of 911 tapes.
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