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The Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York City emergency dispatcher is being hailed for spending nearly eight hours on the phone with a woman who had suffered a stroke while ...
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The Boston Hearld BOSTON — The Boston Firefighters Union is sending its own fact-finding team to New York City to investigate the problem-prone 911 system that is slated to ...
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New York Daily News NEW YORK — New York City has "flushed hundreds of millions of dollars down the toilet" on a 911 computer dispatch system that doesn’t ...
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By Laura Arenschield The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio MARION, Ohio — Marion County's sheriff is trying some creative funding to replace staff members lost to budget cuts over ...
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NY Daily News DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas 911 operator has been fired after posting racist messages against African-Americans on her Facebook page. The Dallas Police Department ...
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By Zachary Fitzgerald StMaryNow.com ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Ten fire departments and 911 communications district in St. Mary Parish were awarded $859,265 in the form of a ...
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By M.L. Johnson, The Associated Press The Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE — Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could ...
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By Joe Kemp and Ginger Adams Otis The New York Daily News NEW YORK — The city is playing with fire as 911 call centers go dangerously understaffed and the FDNY underreports ...
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CBS Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — Marcel Melanson was one of this hardscrabble Southern California suburb’s heroes, a reality TV star hailed for his dedicated and sometimes ...
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CBS LA COMPTON, Calif. — A former deputy chief for the Compton Fire Department has been arrested for allegedly starting a fire at headquarters and stealing thousands of ...
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WASHINGTON — Crew integrity and inadequate fireground communications were key contributing factors in the death of a Massachusetts firefighter, NIOSH investigators found. ...
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By Robert O'Connor The Press Enterprise SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — One of the voices for CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department is silent. Cheri Lynn Patterson, 46, who ...
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TIPP CITY, Ohio — A Tipp City firefighter is accused of stealing city owned pagers. A fire department spokesman says Brandon Wolters is on paid administrative leave during ...
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The Press Enterprise MURRIETA, Calif. — The expansion of the emergency room and trauma center at Inland Valley Medical Center has nurses and firefighters publicly calling on ...
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Nearly all 50 calls that flooded in during 35 minutes came from within a mile of the plant after blast. ...
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Radio traffic from West shows effort to coordinate large-scale incident response; several firefighters feared dead ...
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In the chaos created by a bomb threat, first responders need immediate information. What if all that information was available instantly on a smartphone, tablet or laptop? Now it ...
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When planning for large events, like a marathon, there are seven steps a fire department must take to improve its chances of an effective response. ...
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The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say they'll no longer routinely issue news releases on hoax 911 calls targeting the homes of celebrities. The LAPD ...
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As FirstNet continues to be a futuristic idea, Covia allows public safety to have solutions today. ...
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