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CITY OF CLEVELAND FIRES DISPATCHER AFTER REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 Barry Furey    December 8, 2020    No Comments

CLEVELAND City of Cleveland fires dispatcher after repeated violations of policies and procedures "Your actions create an unprofessional and untenable work situation for your co-workers and supervisors, and negatively impact the operation..." Credit: 3News Author: WKYC … [Read more...]

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BEFORE KANSAS’S 911 SYSTEM FAILED, AUDIT WARNED THAT RISK OF OUTAGES HADN’T BEEN ELIMINATED

 Barry Furey    December 2, 2020    No Comments

Children are taught from a young age to dial 911 in an emergency. Whether it’s a heart attack, a break-in or a fire, 911 answers the call right away. A widespread 911 service outage across Kansas on Sunday afternoon is testing that assumption. A roughly three-hour … [Read more...]

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS & FIREFIGHTERS DECEMBER

 Billy    November 30, 2020    No Comments

The Our Lady of Angels fire anniversary (Dec. 1, 1958) in Chicago where 92 kids and four nuns lost their lives – a day in 1958 where the heroics of Chicago firefighters were well documented. 3 VIDEOS OF THE OUR LADY OF ANGELS SCHOOL … [Read more...]

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EMERGENCY DISPATCH ISSUE PROMPTS DELTA MAYOR TO DESCRIBE FAMILY INCIDENT

 Barry Furey    November 30, 2020    No Comments

t’s just another example why Delta needs to have the right to have its fire department notified of medical emergency calls. Mayor George Harvie made that point at the start of city council’s meeting Monday in describing an incident last week where a family member, who’s a … [Read more...]

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OUC PUBLICLY APOLOGIZES 5 MONTHS AFTER BOTCHED 911 CALL ENDS IN DEATH

 Barry Furey    November 27, 2020    No Comments

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The Office of Unified Communications publically apologized to a D.C. mother on Tuesday, some five months after a D.C. dispatcher sent crews to the wrong address, delaying the 9-1-1 response time to a cardiac arrest emergency. Sheila Shepperd, 59, died in a … [Read more...]

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NEW TOOL MAKES RURAL CELL, Wi-Fi POSSIBLE FOR NEVADA COUNTY AUTHORITIES

 Barry Furey    November 27, 2020    No Comments

Nevada County’s rugged landscape can make communication for first responders difficult when emergencies strike in river canyons and parts of the county with limited telecommunications infrastructure. Radio coverage can be spotty, and many times cell and data service are … [Read more...]

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VIDEO VAULT | LAS VEGAS VALLEY 911 DISPATCHERS FACE BACKLASH AFTER CHLORINE GAS LEAK

 Barry Furey    November 27, 2020    No Comments

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Last week's Video Vault examined the 1991 industrial accident at a local factory named Pioneer Chlor Alkali, where tons of toxic gas were released into the atmosphere, resulting in more than 300 medical complaints. In the days that followed, some of the … [Read more...]

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SACRAMENTO CO 9-1-1 HAS 9 EMPLOYEES TEST COVID POSITIVE

 Barry Furey    November 23, 2020    No Comments

Fire officials on Friday announced a coronavirus outbreak at a dispatch center that receives 911 emergency calls in Sacramento County, where nine employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Tyler Wagaman, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Fire/EMS Communication … [Read more...]

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“YOU’VE GOT THE WRONG HOUSE” NEIGHBORS TELL FIREFIGHTERS, AS TEEN TRIES TO SAVE HER MOM ACROSS TOWN

 Barry Furey    November 23, 2020    No Comments

WASHINGTON — New details have emerged in the story of a teenager struggling to resuscitate her mom, while D.C.'s 911 call center sent help to the wrong address. The man at home at that wrong house -- in another quadrant of the city -- realized almost immediately there was a … [Read more...]

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OUTAGE CAUSES OH 9-1-1 CENTER TO MISS FATAL EMERGENCY CALL

 Barry Furey    November 17, 2020    No Comments

PARMA, OH—An unexpected outage last week at the Cuyahoga Emergency Communications System (CECOMS) led to a Parma family in desperate need of medical attention calling 9-1-1 without anyone picking up. “On Nov. 5 at 4:10 a.m., CECOMS experienced an outage,” Cuyahoga County … [Read more...]

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