The firefighter who was the driver of a $400,000 tanker totaled during a single-vehicle accident over the weekend has been cited for careless driving, according to a police report filed Monday. Both Lewis Moore Jr., 47, of Califon and an unidentified 16-year-old juvenile passenger in the vehicle were hospitalized following the wreck, but neither suffered...Read More
A crash on Center Street in Mentor late Monday morning sent four to local hospitals — including two Mentor firemen. At 10:42 a.m., the Mentor Fire Department responded to the crash, which occurred on the Center Street bridge between Mentor Avenue and Tyler Boulevard, Battalion Chief Joe Busher said. A Mentor Fire Department ambulance was...Read More
If you’ve got a smart phone. FEMA has a deal for you; recently announcing the release of disaster applications that run on these devices. While primarily geared for citizen preparedness and post-event information, they may be worth letting folks in your community know about them. Craig Fugate and the info-mercial about these products can be...Read More
As reported by 911 Dispatch Magazine On-Line, a recent audit of the City of Atlanta was critical of call processing and other response based time lines. You can surf there and view the report, along with graphs comparing Atlanta to recognized benchmarks. http://www.911dispatch.com/2011/10/atlanta-fd-audit-reveals-comm-center-delays/Read More
A Cuyahoga Falls dispatcher was suspend over an error in dispatching firefighters to the right street – but in the wrong community. Although some point to this as a liability of consolidated centers, if truth be known, the advent of cell phones has made the distribution of 9-1-1 calls more problematic than “in the old...Read More
The budget news out of Chicago is that the mayor is proposing laying off a significant number of dispatchers; 26 of which are dedicated to the fire service. New Orleans went this route a few years ago, and is now trying to hire people back. Short-staffed comm centers are just as hazardous to your health...Read More
