BRIDGEPORT — A dispatcher for the city of Bridgeport — who is also a retired Bridgeport police detective — is suing the city, claiming he was forced to work in a “racially hostile work environment.” Dwayne McBride was hired as a dispatcher/telecommunicator for Bridgeport in … [Read more...]

The inherent nature of emergency calls places many first responders at risk of harm, injury, or death. While emergency dispatchers don’t directly get involved at the scene of an emergency, they are exposed to many of the same mental and emotional traumas that first responders … [Read more...]

Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Firefighters visited Jeffery Henson sometimes four or five times a day in January. That month, he called 911 more than 90 times. They knew the route and his apartment at Mary Walker Towers well by then. In the months before, Henson had … [Read more...]

CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland woman was told the city did not have an ambulance to send to her medical emergency in the middle of the night, prompting the FOX 8 I-TEAM to ask questions about ambulances taken out of service due to short staffing. Last weekend, Beverly Olds-Blockum … [Read more...]

Minneapolis 911 will soon no longer use a controversial software program dispatchers and the head of the police union previously told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was slowing calls and potentially putting the public in danger. In an email to staff Thursday, Minneapolis Emergency … [Read more...]

DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. — A recent study into communications problems experienced by Daviess County sheriff's deputies and firefighters found the county's communication system is obsolete in places and is in need of upgrades or replacement. The study gives Daviess Fiscal Court … [Read more...]

The state has a new requirement to all emergency dispatch centers across Ohio that is designed improve treatment for urgent medical calls. The Ohio Department of Administrative Services gave all dispatch centers a deadline of April 1 to either be emergency medical dispatch … [Read more...]

KEYSER -The Mineral County Commission is one of three parties that have had a civil action case brought against them by Ridgeley resident Mike Taccino for the excessive noise level caused by a fire alarm mounted on a pole near his home. During the Tuesday morning meeting of the … [Read more...]

The mayor and fire chief met privately with firefighter union officials to discuss ways to come up with the $285,000 needed for upgrading the department’s radio equipment, but didn’t come up with any solutions. Fire Chief Barry Finley had proposed July 24 the elimination of … [Read more...]

LOUISBURG – A Miami County Sheriff’s deputy recently found himself on a communications island in the middle of the night while responding to a report of suspicious activity on the west side of the county. At 2:16 a.m. June 7 the deputy located suspicious vehicles at the … [Read more...]