One of the state’s largest private ambulance companies is facing a potentially massive class action lawsuit for waiting months to tell over 318,000 of their clients that their personal information was stolen by hackers. Empress Ambulance Services also … [Read more...]
FACING OPPOSITION FROM COUNCIL, BOWSER DEFENDS NOMINEE TO HEAD 911 CALL CENTER
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and top public safety officials on Friday offered a public show of support for Karima Holmes — her choice to lead the District’s oft-scrutinized 911 call center — defending her nomination while pushing back on city council members who say they have … [Read more...]
(ABC 6 News) – A new survey from the journal “Pediatrics” reveals elementary school children lack a very important skill: how to dial 9-1-1. For many parents and grandparents, this skill was ingrained in their brains from a very young age. Ten years or so ago it was simple to … [Read more...]
Broward County's 911 emergency communication system has improved since a critical assessment in 2016 — but still takes too long to process calls, according to a new consultant report. The findings come after an investigation by the Sun-Sentinel earlier this year revealed a … [Read more...]
A woman called 911 to help her mother Nov. 20, but decided she didn’t want them to take her out of the house when they arrived. Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Ferree said he was sent to a home on Pumpkin Hollow Road to assist Monroe County Medical as they had a … [Read more...]
911 COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT WILL ADD BUNK SPACE FOR 911 DISPATCHERS
St. Tammany Parish Communications District 1 moved into its state-of-the-art facility north of Lacombe in 2019 — a central and safe location from which emergency personnel can work dispatch for the parish’s first responder agencies. For all its technical gadgetry, … [Read more...]
HOW A CYBER ATTACK PLUNGED A NY COUNTY INTO THE 1990S
Emergency dispatchers taking down 911 calls by hand, unable to use their geolocation technology for callers. Police officers radioing in crime scene details, rather than emailing reports to headquarters. Office workers resorting to fax machines. For weeks this fall, the … [Read more...]