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Westmoreland 9-1-1 Dispatch System Fails for Second Time in Month
March 13, 2012For the second time in a month, technical problems at Westmoreland County’s 9-1-1 center forced emergency dispatchers to use portable radios to send out rescue crews.
Read full articleU.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Applicants to Serve on the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
March 9, 2012The U.S. Department of Transportation is soliciting applications for appointment or reappointment to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council…
Read full articleGovernments Look for Dispatching Service Savings
March 9, 2012By STEVE HUSZAI, Staff Writer, Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio) WOOSTER — Information was flowing from city and county officials Tuesday…
Read full article9-1-1 Medical Calls Ought to Be Private by Assemblywoman Norma J. Torres, San Bernardino County Sun (California)
March 9, 2012Assembly Bill 1275 will improve our 9-1-1 system by eliminating a threat to our privacy, and increasing the efficiency and…
Read full articlePanel Recommends against Bill to Encourage 9-1-1 Calls in Case of Drug Overdoses
March 8, 2012Alex Barber BDN Staff, Bangor Daily News (Maine) AUGUSTA, Maine — The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on…
Read full articleBucks County, Pa., 9-1-1 Dispatcher Honored for Service, Saving Lives
March 8, 2012By Bill Reed, Staff Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer Last month, a Bucks County 911 dispatcher saved the lives of an…
Read full articlePotential 9-1-1 Grant Funding Available …
March 6, 2012Availability of adequate funding to operate and enhance today’s 9-1-1 centers is a common concern for many communities across the…
Read full articleDispatcher Recounts Call from Downed Pilot
March 5, 2012As a dispatcher for Itawamba County’s 911 system, Brown is accustomed to receiving all kinds of strange calls. But this one was even more off-kilter than normal. “(The caller) was out of breath and gasping, ‘Plane crash; plane crash,'” Brown said. “I told him he was going to have to calm down, steady himself and take deep breaths.”
Read full articleDispatcher Helps Los Angeles Firefighters Rescue Woman Trapped in Apartment Fire
March 5, 2012LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles firefighters rescued a 19-year-old woman trapped inside her burning second-floor apartment in the San…
Read full articlePersonnel Honored for ‘Hard Work and Steadfast Resolve to Duty’
March 5, 2012Emergency communications operator supervisor Nicole Duncan has been selected Emergency Communications Operator of the Year. Duncan is being honored for her overall work and dedication to the Emergency Operations Center.
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