How Are 911 Dispatchers Trained? If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? It’s definitely not Ghostbusters. Unlike the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, the greatest threats in our society are most definitely not ghosts, but everyday dangers, and Read More …
Emergency Dispatch Program Careers Emergency dispatchers can be considered as everyone’s first life line when unforeseen events happen. Their efficiency and effectiveness can spell the difference between life and death. That is why it is no wonder why many of Read More …
Witness account sheds light on fatal police shootingThe ColoradoanAfter several minutes on the phone with an emergency dispatcher, Frasco and the men heard an approaching police siren. “As soon as we heard the siren, the guy (who was later shot) just took off south in the field,” Frasco said. The man who’d been …
Ticonderoga declares state of emergency for floodingPlattsburgh Press RepublicanAt around 2:50 p.m, a county dispatcher said Sunset Road in Lyon Mountain between Boomhower and Standish along with River Road between Route 3 and Cold Brook Road, and Bowen Road from Route 3 to Hardscrabble Road in the Town of Saranac had …
Curry Coastal PilotGold Beach, sheriff sign dispatch agreementCurry Coastal PilotThe state, through cellphone surcharges, collects and allocates to cities funds for 911 expenses to pay for dispatching emergency calls for police, fire and after-hours public works. But dispatch operators spend most of their time answering radio …
Official issues warning: Avoid suspected powder at all costsWilliamsport Sun-GazetteFor the holiday weekend and beyond, if anyone sees an unresponsive individual, he or she needs to contact 911, stay on the line with the dispatcher and report what is happening and wait until emergency services arrive, Yingling said. Often, he said …and more »
First responders rescue patient on the Potomac River near US 340 bridgeHerald-Mail MediaEmergency personnel from three states responded to a call for aid to person with a medical condition Friday on the Potomac River, according to a dispatcher with Washington County Emergency Services. The dispatcher said fire and ambulance units from …
Herald-Mail MediaCrashes mark start of busy 4th of July holiday weekend in the Tri-StateHerald-Mail MediaMeanwhile, at 12:15 p.m., a wreck involving a semitractor-trailer and another vehicle snarled traffic southbound lane of Interstate 81 near the 1-mile marker in Pennsylvania, according to a Franklin County Emergency Services dispatcher. By late …
Santa Rosa Press DemocratAerial support helps fight brushfire outside CotatiSanta Rosa Press DemocratReports of the fire near Stony Point Road and West Railroad Avenue came in at 12:51 p.m., a Redcom emergency dispatcher said. The fire grew to at least 5 acres, according to early dispatch reports. The fire threatened two structures, as well as livestock.and more »
Firefighters extinguish brushfire north of PetalumaPetaluma Argus CourierReports of the fire near Stony Point Road and West Railroad Avenue came in at 12:51 p.m., a Redcom emergency dispatcher said. The fire grew to at least 5 acres, according to early dispatch reports. The fire threatened two structures, as well as livestock.