WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita firefighters’ union is calling for an independent investigation of “several significant and devastating errors” by Sedgwick County 911 in an apartment fire that killed 22-year-old Paoly Bedeski. The 911 … [Read more...]
For years, Kansas City, Missouri, has struggled to answer 911 calls quickly. Police and city officials hope a new, automated attendant feature could speed things up but the Kansas City Fire Department worries it might actually make things more complicated. The fire department … [Read more...]
TRAIN WITH YOUR DISPATCHERS
By Brett Loomis Sunday is drill day for firefighters in Corvallis, Oregon. Every Sunday, all on-duty resources go to the tower for the drill of choice. Today it was, ironically, first-alarm drills…back to the basics. It is mid-October so the sun was out, the sky is … [Read more...]
“I have twin daughters. [I was] picking them up from school. They were in the car with me.” On Sept. 21, just after 3 p.m., Keisha Henderson, a mother of twin 8-year-old girls, was driving near Foothill Boulevard and 50th Avenue in Oakland. “When I looked in my rear-view … [Read more...]
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Fire Department said human error led to the delayed emergency response to a man shot in Milwaukee. Video shows him lying on the ground for at least 15 minutes with a gunshot wound before receiving medical treatment. Milwaukee police said he was … [Read more...]
SEATTKE, FAMILY SETTLE WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT OVER ALLEDGED 911 “BLACKLIST”
William Yurek’s 13-year-old son called 911 when his father started having chest pains and trouble breathing in their Seattle apartment on Nov. 2, 2021. “I think he’s having a heart attack or something,” he told the 911 operator. “… He’s making this weird noise from his throat. A … [Read more...]
An Iowa paramedic was fired this summer for refusing to immediately respond to an ambulance call from the city of Marion, telling a dispatcher “I don’t give a f— about Marion.” State records indicate Stefany Glassmeyer worked as a paramedic for Area Ambulance Authority … [Read more...]