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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-27

ByStrange Hive
Published OnMay 27, 2012

Hidden house numbers can slow #emergency response #911 # Ready4Rescue:: Base emergency dispatcher key to life-saving effort # Our mission, Give Life A Second Chance, When Seconds Count, is to help people get assistance in the critical first…

911 system Emergency response In the press True stories

Slow response, lack of cooperation bring deadly delays

ByStrange Hive
Published OnMay 25, 2012

From USA Today. Pashca West is in a bind. Calls for help are pouring in to the emergency medical dispatcher — a heart attack, a seizure, a diabetic emergency, a car crash — and ambulance crews are not answering their…

Emergency preparedness

First Things to do: Planning for an Emergency

ByStrange Hive
Published OnMay 25, 2012

From Emergency Info Online Due to their unexpected nature, emergency situations are often chaotic. People react to different situations in different ways, and it is very common for an individual to lose his or her composure during a crisis and…

911 system In the press Response time

The price of just a few seconds lost: People die

ByStrange Hive
Published OnMay 25, 2012

From USA Today. When baggage handler Andrew Redyk, 64, collapsed on the job at Los Angeles International Airport, his co-workers leaped into action. One called for help. Another did CPR. The Los Angeles Fire Department sent a nearby fire engine…