"9-1-1"
Choking Death Lawsuit Settled
January 23, 2013Five years after Nancy Jane McGhee’s death, a settlement has been reached in her family’s lawsuit against Pasco County’s Department of Emergency Services.
Read full articleMan Calls 9-1-1 10 Times, Seeks Ride to Mexico, Deputies Say
January 23, 2013An Immokalee man was arrested after calling 911 10 times, asking for a ride to Mexico, deputies say.
Read full articleArk. Woman Dies After 9-1-1 Call Not Put In System
January 17, 2013LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas 911 operator did not enter a call into a computer system that would have notified police and fire dispatchers of a mother and son trapped inside a vehicle in a pond, authorities said Wednesday. The woman died hours later, and her 5-year-old son was in critical condition Wednesday, police said.
Read full articlePolice Look into Call That Preceded Murder-Suicide
January 7, 2013Pittsburgh police are investigating whether city police officers followed the proper procedures in clearing a 9-1-1 call from a Larimer home where a woman was found a day later shot to death.
Read full articleFive Questions with … a 9-1-1 Dispatcher
January 2, 2013What is a typical day for a dispatcher? An interview with John Carter, a supervisor in the communications division with the Anaheim (Calif.) Police Department.
Read full articleMinnesota: Hennepin Will Answer 9-1-1 Calls for Golden Valley
December 13, 2012Golden Valley will get 9-1-1 service from Hennepin County starting in 2014, when the county’s new Emergency Communications Facility is up and running
Read full articleUnited Nations Group to Pick Global Emergency Number
December 12, 2012Envoys from 193 nations will decide between 9-1-1 or 112 as a standard global emergency number for new generations of mobile phones and other devices.
Read full articleMissouri: 9-1-1 Panel Favors County Takeover, New Joint Office
December 11, 2012An unofficial vote by a panel formed to make recommendations to the Boone County Commission regarding a proposed 9-1-1 sales tax favors a county takeover instead of creating a political subdivision.
Read full articlePhone Companies to Relay 9-1-1 Texts by May 2014
December 10, 2012The Federal Communications Commission says the nation’s four largest wireless carriers have agreed to relay text messages to text-enabled 9-1-1 call centers by May 2014.
Read full articleMaine: Fairpoint Secures Job to Upgrade State’s 9-1-1 System
December 10, 2012The $32 million job of upgrading Maine’s emergency 9-1-1 system and replacing it with an upgraded, Internet- based system that can accept emergency calls from a range of devices will fall to FairPoint Communications.
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