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9-1-1: Red Lights in Sky Could be Northern Lights
October 25, 2011York County 9-1-1 received a number of calls from all over the county about red lights in the sky.
Read full articleNYC Police Dispatch Says Derailed Subway Caused No Injuries
October 24, 2011NEW YORK (AP) — Police say at least one car of a subway train has derailed in lower Manhattan but…
Read full articleIdaho 9-1-1 Call Warned of Shooting
October 24, 2011By RUTH BROWN, Idaho Falls Post Register (Idaho) In a soft and even tone, the mother of suspected gunman Scott…
Read full articleSanta Clara County Sheriff’s Office Releases Quarry Massacre Tapes
October 23, 2011By Sean Webby and Julia Prodis Sulek Mercury News As frantic calls came in from workers at the Cupertino cement…
Read full articleFire Chief: Don’t Be Afraid to Call 9-1-1 for Help
October 19, 2011Anyone heading to a hospital emergency room should call 911 for a ride.
Read full articleTeen Faces Charges after 911 Prank
October 19, 2011A Shelton High School student has been charged with calling in a phony 911 call after a responding firetruck collided with two vehicles Thursday morning [Oct. 13], injuring one person, police said.
Read full articleBaby Saved after 9-1-1 Dispatcher Talks Desperate Dad through CPR
October 19, 2011An Elmwood Park 911 dispatcher talked a desperate father through CPR after his 3-week-old daughter stopped breathing, and paramedics were later able to resuscitate the girl on the way to the hospital.
Read full articleCorny Story: Danvers Dispatcher Deftly Fields 9-1-1 call
October 19, 2011The item about a family who called 911 on Columbus Day to report they were lost in a Danvers corn maze has “gone viral,” as they say. And we’re not surprised. This is just the sort of story that news outlets love to sink their teeth into, whether typewriter-style or in neat columns.
Read full articleFitchburg Training New Police Dispatchers
October 19, 2011By Michael Hartwell, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) FITCHBURG — Things are looking a little less bright for criminals in…
Read full articleAldermen, Union Fight 9-1-1 Cuts
October 19, 2011Chicago firefighter-turned-alderman Nick Sposato (36th) and the union representing fire dispatchers maneuvered Monday to kill Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to reduce the ranks of police and fire dispatchers at the city’s 911 emergency center.
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