Scotts Bluff County governmental units are starting to plan for the costs of upgrading first responder radio equipment in the near future, at an overall estimated cost of nearly $7.2 million dollars. On Friday last week, County Communications Coordinator Tyler Rexus presented … [Read more...]
MIDDLETOWN — Five Delaware County dispatchers were honored this past week for their efforts in helping to save a woman trapped above a two-alarm building fire in Millbourne last month. On Wednesday Feb. 17, just before 2:15 p.m., the Delaware County Communications Center … [Read more...]
Pamela Cooper, 49, worked a 15-hour shift the night before she stopped breathing in her first week back on the job Cooper had taken six weeks of leave to recover from COVID-19 but had run out of paid time off and had to support her mother and husband Jonathan Michaels, the … [Read more...]
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- When you call 9-1-1, you expect to be able to talk with some immediately, But if you live in Kansas City, be prepared to sit on hold and wait. You’ll likely hear a recorded message before you get a dispatcher. One Kansas City family we talked to … [Read more...]
Shirley Ryan had just left the house to go to the store on Saturday when she got a call about her daughter that no mother wants to get. “Ten minutes after I went out, her husband called me and said 'She coded. She’s dead,'” Ryan said. The previous night, Ryan's daughter … [Read more...]
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — After Betty Morrison, 71, called 911, she waited nearly 11 minutes for help to arrive at her door. By the time Warrensville Heights firefighters arrived, she had no pulse. Dispatch recordings revealed firefighters responded to the wrong … [Read more...]
SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — A Washington County 911 dispatcher was on duty earlier this week when she got a call about a house fire at her house. Alicia Napier has been a Washington County dispatcher for about 20 years, the same amount of time she’s lived on Anderson Drive in … [Read more...]
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Someone's in trouble - a fire, a heart attack, a crime in progress - so you call 911. Instead of getting help, you're put on hold to weigh every second between life and death. A News 4 investigation revealed St. Louis City is well above the national … [Read more...]
CLEVELAND (WJW)– The FOX 8 I-Team is investigating what’s being done to protect you after a series of delays with local 911 calls and people dying. We recently revealed three cases of people dying after calls for help. So, we’re asking, what about the next time you dial 911? … [Read more...]
BROCKTON — Elizabeth Doyle's fourth grade Raymond School class returned from lunch on Friday, joined their remote Zoom classroom and seemed excited for the rest of the day. But that excitement quickly showed itself in a different way. "They were all excited to be back in, … [Read more...]