Posts Categorized: 911
Someone should call 911 for Atlanta 911. Audit says it can take more than five minutes to transfer calls to dispatcher.
Dave is wondering what "as along as" means?
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Dear Abby
Last night my daughter saw me cry. I try to never let this happen, mostly because I remember how I felt when I'd see my Mom cry. My little one is very much like me, even at her young age. The first words out of her mouth were, “What's wrong, M…
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Audio: 911 calls, radio & other communications from controversial Alameda drowning released. Listen to recordings & read timeline.
Open records request gives new insight into response to drowning.
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Graduation Day in Jersey
What a great couple of days in New Jersey!
Rhett and I have been up here ( New Jersey ) presenting his class on Social Media. The Official title is.. Social Media The Fire Service's Next Big Innovation.
We were VERY well received and the students s…
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Back from Baltimore
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz had it right .... There's no place like HOME!
Yea ... I know that's not Dorothy but it is how she would have looked had I been the costume designer for The Wizard of Oz ... LOL
Anyway, Rhett (The Fire Critic) and I m…
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A must listen: WTOP Radio reports DC 911 call taker can’t find major intersection in the Nation’s Capital. Is this really a glitch in the system?
911 director for DC says the call taker did a good job. Did she?
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Pittsburgh paramedic fired after snowstorm ordered reinstated with back pay. Arbitrator says Josie Dimon is a ‘scapegoat’ following the death of Curtis Mitchell.
Paramedic wanted Curtis Mitchell to walk to ambulance.
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Important information from Ironfiremen.com
I have a few 'clean up" items I need to hit this morning .....
First off, I need to follow up and link to a very important post from Bill Carey over on Backstep Firefighter. Bill posted about NIOSH. They ( NIOSH... National Iinstitute for Occupational…
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When seconds count: TV station looks at mutual aid agreements after closest company didn’t respond for woman trapped in burning home. Chiefs defend system that keeps resources at home.
Frantic call does not bring closest fire company.
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Medics!!
Well, we are less than 24 hours away from the final results of the 2010/2011 Black Diamond Boot Fire/EMS Blog of the Year! We are holding a sizable lead in the Fire category and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. THANKS again to everyone for following…
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Just like I told ya!
Ok... I told ya in the last post that we would be taking it to the next level and it all begins NOW!
Voting for the "Black Diamond 2010 Firefighting Blog of the Year" in now open and I am a nominee! I am STOKED! The contest winner will receive …
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UPDATED: Northwest Fire District firefighters & medics talk about Tucson shooting. Plus, sheriff’s department radio traffic.
Firefighter and medics describe treatment for Congresswoman Giffords and nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green.
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911 calls from Tucson shooting that wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords & left six people dead.
Listen to series of 911 calls from shooting scene.
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TV station questions dispatchers’ handling of cardiac arrest call. Listen to 911 recording & read reports from Ocean City, Maryland.
Internal email indicates there is some validity to the claims by the victim's family.
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EMS After 911: The State of Prehospital Care
It seems as if the overall system for Emergency Medical Care is in need of reinvention. A centrally controlled scene command, an assurance of minimal skill and proficiency for EMTs and first responders, and an ability of hospitals to have a built in cushion to absorb patients, are all core components of an effective disaster preparedness system. This reinvention must be realized on a state or regional level. Failure to address these issues could prove disastrous in the future if such circumstances ever reoccurred
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Reporter reports on 911 problem in the Nation’s Capital then has a heart attack & needs 911.
ABC 7's Jennifer Donelan takes ill shortly after doing live shot about 911 problem.
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What Difference Does EMS Make? Choose Your Own Ending
I got a little philisophical with this post and I'd like you to pick the ending I should use. What do the three cases I present mean to you?
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“It’s Not Something You Do; It’s Something You Are”
Remembering the Sacrifices’ of that day in September and all of those who came before us in this the United States Fire Service and those that were with us, in the commission of our sworn duties who didn't go home…..as we do what we d…
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When you get that earthquake feeling, what do you do? Call 911, of course.
Listen to 911 calls recieved in Montgomery County, Maryland after the earth moved this morning.
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Home delivery: Firefighter helps brings son into the world on the dining room floor.
Firefighter's first delivery is his own son.
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A lesson for us all: Why it is important to remain calm even under the most dire of circumstances. Please listen to this 911 call.
Elderly disabled woman helps save herself by remaining calm as her vehicle filled with water.
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EMS Week 2010 – Sent to the Newspaper
I wrote this piece in honor of EMS week 2010 and sent it to my local newspaper. You might want to do the same. This is appropriate for the public and you may use it as you see fit.
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A rather amazing flood rescue story from Nashville. Man on Jet Ski grabs woman from burning home.
Burning home surrounded by flood waters.
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