Jess Iacono isn’t just a calm voice on the other end of the phone. After spending nearly 22 years as a York County 911 dispatcher, she’s been named the county’s telecommunicator of the year for 2011.
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New Portable Radios Link Wildlife Officers with Police, Fire, EMS
Within one hour of borrowing a portable radio last year, wildlife conservation Officer Brian Singer tracked down a poacher.
Analyzing 9-1-1 Calls in Fla. Shooting Death
Pending the outcome of some voice analysis, there is arguably enough evidence in the 911 tapes to warrant the arrest of George Zimmerman in connection with the Feb. 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The voice testing is needed to determine if Zimmerman uttered a racial slur while in pursuit of Martin, and which of the two can be heard crying out for help during their altercation in Sanford, Fla.
Firm Eyed for County Radio
“We’ve put antennas in Siberia and the South Pole,” Ingram said. “Our global communication systems are on every continent in the world.”
Two 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch Outages Blamed on Verizon
Westmoreland County officials said they hope the third disruption of service to the 911 dispatch system will be the last.
Westmoreland 9-1-1 Dispatch System Fails for Second Time in Month
For the second time in a month, technical problems at Westmoreland County’s 9-1-1 center forced emergency dispatchers to use portable radios to send out rescue crews.
Bucks County, Pa., 9-1-1 Dispatcher Honored for Service, Saving Lives
By Bill Reed, Staff Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer Last month, a Bucks County 911 dispatcher saved the lives of an 80-year-old Bensalem woman and an 18-year-old Bensalem man in separate instances. In September, the same dispatcher saved a Solebury patient who, like the other two, had stopped breathing. The dispatcher, Stanley Niedzwiki, saved the three [...]
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Don’t Procrastinate … The FCC’s Narrowband Deadline Is Almost Here!
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Dispatching: A Profession or a Job?
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FCC Says PSAPs Must Be Able to Receive 9-1-1 Texts
- Naples City Council Bristle at Cost of New Radios; Suggest Officers Share
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Duty-Related Trauma Exposure in 9-1-1 Telecommunicators
- Residents: Go Slow on Address Change
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Don’t Procrastinate … The FCC’s Narrowband Deadline Is Almost Here!
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Protect Your PSAP Applications from Downtime
- Senate Confirms Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as New FCC Commissioners
- N.M. Governor Unveils Wildfire-Warning System
- FCC Reviews Rules Governing the Emergency Alert System
- S. Elgin Dispatch Switch Smooth So Far
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