Following a recent house fire, union officials in Cleveland are questioning staffing levels in their dispatch center. Unfortunately, short staffing in dispatch has become an increasingly apparent problem, driven by high turnover rates and growing service demands. You can read about the Cleveland case, and listen to a fifteeen minute audio tape of a victim...Read More
A wireless communications association has weighed in on the topic of text messaging and 9-1-1, which will likely be a large part the Next Generation emergency number. Currently, there are both operational and techincal issues that surround this practice, but there is no doubt that it will be a boon to the deaf community. Although...Read More
From Fairfield and Franklin Counties, Ohio comes a story of a 16 minute delay in response to a fatal fire that involves a cellular telephone and duplicate addresses. It seems the wireless call was picked up by the closest cell tower, which in this case was in an adjoining county. Adding to the mix was...Read More
Two firefighters received minor injuries while battling a blaze in Flowery Branch late Thursday afternoon. Hall county Fire Chief David Kimbrell says firefighters were inside the 2000 square foot home when the roof gave way. One fireman had minor burns, the other suffered a possible back strain and was transported to the Medical center. Both...Read More
Two firefighters were hurt while battling a row house fire in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section overnight. The fire started just before 3 a.m. along Hamilton and North Homewood Avenues and the three-story unit collapsed shortly afterward. Officials tell KDKA’s Ross Guidotti at the scene that the two firefighters who were injured were positioned in front of...Read More
ROME, FLOYD COUNTY, GA (WRCB) – Five people were injured when an ambulance transporting a patient in North Georgia crossed the center line and hit a car head-on. Early word is the ambulance driver, running a non-emergency call, nodded off at the wheel, but the lingering question is…why? A Walker County ambulance is totaled after...Read More
