911 and Dispatch
Explore our comprehensive collection of articles on 911 and Dispatch, designed to support the EMS workforce in optimizing emergency response. This directory covers essential topics such as call handling, communication protocols, and technology advancements in dispatch centers. Understanding the role of 911 and Dispatch in emergency services is crucial for effective operations. Additionally, you may find insights into related topics like EMS communication systems, which further enhance your team’s efficiency. Stay informed and improve your emergency response strategies with these valuable resources.
Community Ambulance ambassador program extended EMS’ role in COVID-19 screening and testing at hotels, arenas and in the community
Lessons in communication, coordination and safety from an unusual response involving several inmates
How Team Rubicon and AWS Competency Partner Maxar Technologies teamed up to provide life-saving communications
The man and his wife were unable to get inside their home for four hours after being attacked by their 8-pound housecat who just had a kitten
A man charged with murder called 911 and told a dispatcher he hit his father with a kitchen pot to defend himself against a knife attack
Police say the wife drove to the 911 call center to talk to her husband, and shot herself in the head during their conversation in the parking lot
The dispatchers accepted his handwritten note, and during a tour of the dispatch center they showed him how prank calls put the public at risk
The Fla. dispatcher instructed a 29-year-old on how to perform chest compressions when his father suffered a seizure and stopped breathing
Ore. dispatchers give 911 callers hands-only CPR instructions leading to a dramatic increase in CPR saves
The $60 per household per year fee is for 911 ambulance service as many times as it is needed
NG-911 is coming to every community and understanding how it came to be is important to exploring its future impact on EMS
The father gave a detailed description of the vehicle and location after accidentally forgetting his child
Read the responses from EMTs and paramedics and add your own in the comment section
The dispatcher got permission to go to the store, delivered the items herself and made him a ham sandwich
911 calls for incidents like transporting patients across campus are a waste or resources that take responders away from more urgent calls, some officials say
Her husband who held her at knifepoint allowed her to place an order at Pizza Hut, and under the comments section she asked for 911
Jennifer Green submitted her resignation after criticism following the Metro smoke incident in January
The legislation would increase surcharges on monthly phone bills, and channel the funds to counties, encouraging cities to join a regional dispatch center
Learn how Genesis PULSE, a user-friendly, advanced vehicular tracking and reporting software tool, engages dispatchers and leads to faster service for citizens
The move lifts an earlier suspension of the $156.6 million grant for a new interoperable communication system
Medics are challenged by bizarre, mundane, and violent incidents while working in systems in crisis
The hoax 911 calls made by online gamers put expensive and dangerous demands on law enforcement and EMS
Share your plans to purchase a new computer-aided dispatch system to transition to NG911 technology
Lawmakers have introduced and are drafting legislation that includes stricter penalties for swatting
Police and medics responded to a false report that a man had shot his mother and strapped a bomb to his father
Police say swatting wastes time and money, and puts lives at risk
Police and a SWAT team surrounded a house after receiving a 911 call from a man who claimed to have stabbed his girlfriend and have two children tied up
Police received a call at about 4 a.m. from a man who said he had just murdered family members, wired his home with explosives and was demanding money to free hostages
About 30 medics are receiving training to make house calls to chronically ill, frequent 911 callers as part of new community paramedicince program
Through home visits to patients, in about a year the community paramedicine program has helped some go from calling 911 at least twice a month to not at all
He responded an hour after being dispatched; the woman was found dead in her front yard, holding her phone and her medication, and her body covered in ants
A lawyer arguing that emergency services are not a right might be better off applying negligence theory to house fire that killed a Pa. woman
