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Dispatchers Praised for Quick Response
November 11, 2010Chicago, Ill. — Two Antioch 9-1-1 dispatchers are being praised for quickly resolving a potentially lethal situation for a Zion couple who stopped their car on railroad tracks with a freight train bearing down.
Read full articleIn Service Two Weeks, Central 9-1-1 Dispatch Gets High Marks
November 11, 2010Terre Haute, Ind. — With its new Solacom 9-1-1 System installed and operating, the Vigo County dispatch center has experienced a smooth transition that should translate to faster call answering for people dialing 9-1-1.
Read full article9-1-1 Call Helps End Terrifying Car Trip
November 11, 2010Ravenel, S.C. — At first, the woman’s voice is barely intelligible as she shrieks hysterically, “He’s got me in the trunk. He’s got me in the trunk.” A Charleston County 9-1-1 operator quickly moves to calm the caller down.
Read full articleHeart Attack Symptoms & Calling 9-1-1 Campaign for Women
November 11, 2010To encourage women over age 50 across the country to recognize the signs and symptoms of heart attack and call 9-1-1 promptly, the Office on Women’s Health has announced a Request for Applications for its Heart Attack Symptoms & Calling 9-1-1 Campaign for Women. Funding is available for activities and events in support of the campaign.
Read full article2011 NSDI CAP Now Accepting Grant Applications; Deadline Jan. 6, 2011
November 10, 2010The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has formally announced the request for proposals to support the 2011 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP). A total of $800,000 is available to award an estimated 21 innovative, geospatial-related projects that are spread across six categories. Each project will focus on ways to expand the geospatial data infrastructure that is necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage and use digital geographic data.
Read full articlePrankster Ties up Police Dispatchers with Fake 9-1-1 Calls
November 10, 2010Salt Lake City — A prankster in California used a falsely-registered cell phone to flood Salt Lake City police dispatch with hundreds of calls in a single day last week, police officials said. Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov. 2, dispatchers received 617 calls from the number, said dispatch supervisor Pam Peay.
Read full articleCounty Central Dispatch to Create Backup Center
November 10, 2010Marshall, Mich. — If the Marshall 9-1-1 center had to be evacuated, dispatchers would have a back-up location to answer emergency calls. The Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority on Tuesday approved the creation of a second functioning dispatch center in Battle Creek.
Read full articleTime Change, Glitches Trip Up Emergency Radio
November 9, 2010Charlotte, N.C. — Emergency radio communications in Charlotte went down for nearly an hour Monday morning, a glitch authorities say was caused by a broken backup generator, human error and the switch from Daylight Savings Time.
Read full articleHennepin County, Minn., Wants $25 Million Call Center
November 9, 2010Hennepin County (Minn.) Commissioner Jeff Johnson wants a $25 million emergency communications facility to be built on the site of the Adult Corrections Facility in Plymouth, an area he represents. The new center would replace the county’s 14,400-square-foot call center in Golden Valley.
Read full articleDunwoody, Ga., Looks at 9-1-1 Options
November 9, 2010Dunwoody has a month to make sure it could still use its radio systems and determine how fire department calls would be handled if the city joins the 911 center that currently serves Sandy Springs and Johns Creek.
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