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FBI Issues Photos of 2 Suspects in Boston Bombing
April 18, 2013The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public’s help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack.
Read full articleDon’t Call About Loud Music, But Abilene Police Dispatchers Are Critical in Emergency
April 18, 2013If your neighbor’s music is too loud, don’t call Heidi Burks.
Read full articleWashington: TCs Celebrate Dress-up Days, Food & Fun
April 18, 2013As is tradition, the communications center set a schedule of fun dress-up days and food and social events throughout this week in honor of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. However, unlike previous years, this year is our first Public Safety Telecommunications Week as South Sound 911!
Read full articlePolice: 5 to 15 People Killed in Texas Explosion
April 18, 2013WEST, Texas (AP) — A massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 left the blast site too hot for emergency teams to get close on Thursday, while rescuers searched the shattered farming community for survivors. Among those believed to be dead were three to five volunteer firefighters.
Read full articleRadios Show Urgent First Moments for Emergency Crews in Boston Bombings
April 18, 2013Following the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the urgent and sometimes garbled appeals that flickered across Boston’s emergency services radio bands gave full voice to the split-second and pressurized decisions that the city’s police and fire uniformed and supervisory officials made under the extreme duress of a long, hard day.
Read full articleStress Management for Public Safety Telecommunicators
April 16, 2013One of the problems that plague our industry is high turnover. No matter where I travel to teach, I meet telecommunicators, supervisors and managers who state one of the biggest problems is keeping a full staff. … I am willing to bet that the majority of people who leave the field is probably not going to list stress as a reason for leaving. I have only had one person admit to me, within a couple of weeks of training, that they were too overwhelmed with the job.
Read full articlePa. Woman Cited for Calling 9-1-1 Seeking Divorce
April 16, 2013Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 9-1-1 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave.
Read full articleSuspects, Motive Sought in Boston Bombings
April 16, 2013The FBI’s investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon was in full swing Tuesday, with authorities serving a warrant on a suburban Boston home and appealing for any private video, audio and still images of the blasts that killed three and wounded more than 170.
Read full articleBoston Marathon Bombing Kills 3, Injures More Than 130
April 15, 2013BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.
A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.
Read full articleHospitals Treat Carnage after Boston Blasts
April 15, 2013At least eight Boston hospitals treated victims from the blasts.
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