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Fired Guard Says He Was Ordered Not to Call 9-1-1 before a Detention-Center Death
July 20, 2011West Palm Beach, Fla. — A guard who was on duty when an 18-year-old died at a West Palm Beach juvenile detention center stepped forward Monday, saying that he was ordered not to call 911 when he thought something was wrong.
Read full articleMen Suspected of Hallucinating Call 9-1-1 for Help
July 20, 2011Springfield, Ga. (AP) — South Georgia authorities say two men became so high on drugs they began hallucinating and called 9-1-1 when they thought intruders had broken into a home.
Read full articleInteroperability: From 9/11 to Apps
July 19, 2011Chicago — One of the first lessons learned from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was that emergency service personnel must have integrated technology. Hundreds of police officers and firefighters died when the twin towers collapsed not because they had not been told to evacuate, but because they never heard the warning.
Read full articleFriends, Co-workers Raise Money for Ailing Anderson Emergency Dispatcher
July 18, 2011Anderson County, S.C. — After suffering crushing headaches for two years and a pair of minor strokes, Leslie Albergotti recently underwent a CT scan that revealed a large brain tumor. Albergotti’s co-workers held a benefit for her Saturday at the county’s Centerville Fire Station on Sullivan Road. The event included a yard sale, car wash, barbecue plate sales and four auctions for flights on a LifeFlight helicopter.
Read full articleSouth San Francisco Agrees to Take 9-1-1 Calls for Pacifica
July 18, 2011The South San Francisco City Council approved an agreement Wednesday night to provide police dispatching to Pacifica, which can’t continue the service because of budget cuts.
Read full articleIn Dayton, Trivial Calls to 9-1-1 Costly to Taxpayers
July 18, 2011Dayton, Ohio — An annoying Chihuahua. A routine checkup. A basketball score. A date. These are not reasons to call 9-1-1. Emergency responders are being strained by such inappropriate calls to 9-1-1 and patients who want ambulance rides to hospitals when their medical ailments are less than dire, a Dayton Daily News investigation has found.
Read full articleEmergency Sirens Create False Alarm in Maui Area
July 13, 2011Honolulu (AP) — Sirens used to alert residents to emergencies such as tsunamis have accidentally gone off twice in a Hawaii neighborhood in the past two days.
Read full articleFather, Dispatcher Saved Drowning Girl with CPR
July 13, 2011Winn, Maine — The toddler who fell into a shallow well Saturday afternoon was unresponsive when pulled out by her father, who saved her life by doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her with help from a Penobscot Regional Communications Center dispatcher.
Read full articleBerkeley 9-1-1 Dispatchers Honored
July 13, 2011When Berkeley 9-1-1 dispatcher Kevin Houston took a call the evening of June 1, all he could hear was labored, heavy breathing. Then the line went dead. Houston immediately knew the person who called 9-1-1 on a cell phone was in grave danger. He also knew that, without the person giving her location, it was going to be difficult to find her.
Read full articleFranklin County, Pa., Radios $3k Each
July 13, 2011Chambersburg, Pa. — The county is purchasing 26 radios for probation officers at a cost of $3,409 each. “That seems extreme,” Guilford Township resident Joshua Jones told commissioners on Thursday.
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