A North Carolina man who impersonated firefighters on an emergency radio channel and canceled a call to a house where an alarm was ringing now faces a fine of nearly $40,000, the FCC announced Thursday. The Federal Communications Commission recommended a $39,278 penalty to … [Read more...]
As you may or may not be aware, there is a new standard for active shooter/hostile events with guidance on fire department, EMS and whole community planning, response, and recovery...and there is a no cost webinar coming soon so you can learn directly about it. NFPA 3000p*, is … [Read more...]
Hard lessons from October wildfires a ‘wake-up call’ for Sonoma County It was 11:19 p.m. on Oct. 8, and a panicked caller to Sonoma County’s 911 dispatch center was incredulous the operator wasn’t aware her world had exploded in flames. “What’s on fire?” the 911 … [Read more...]
Check out the new video produced by IAFC SHS members at no cost... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uow_uMns6c&feature=youtu.be If you don't belong to IAFC and the Safety, Health & Survival Section (SHS) please consider joining-info below...let me know if you have any … [Read more...]
Aug. 26 -- BARTONVILLE, IL -- There's no guarantee that a different strategy would have resulted in a different outcome — that the victims would be alive today if something as mundane as an administrative spreadsheet had one more agency added. But in each of four fatal fires … [Read more...]
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - An investigation is complete after a group of Seminole County firefighters failed to respond to a house fire call. It happened while the firefighters were displaced into a temporary trailer. The 12-bunk trailer was moved to Fire Station 42 in Geneva due … [Read more...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Communications were snarled and police, fire and medical responders were overwhelmed by 911 calls, false reports and the number of victims during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to a report released Monday by U.S. and local … [Read more...]
BOISE - Fire managers are accustomed to dealing with outside forces creating challenges for firefighters. Usually those outside forces involve weather or difficult terrain. But in recent days, technology-based issues have caused delays for crews working two of Idaho's … [Read more...]
Someone is harassing Mercer County dispatchers and emergency responders with phony reports of shootings, fires and kids in jeopardy, officials reported on Friday. Mercer County Central Communications, which handles 911 calls for local towns, notified county prosecutors that it … [Read more...]
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A county in South Carolina did not have a plan on how to handle 911 calls after a lightning strike destroyed a router preventing emergency calls from cellphones. The outage for mobile phones in Beaufort County lasted for 16 hours after the … [Read more...]
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