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…
From Inside Sheppard AFB SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Working in the world of emergency response means there are very few “normal” days at the office. For Jason Dandurand, May 10 was anything but a routine day. Dandurand, an emergency dispatcher…
Seconds count in emergencies. Reflective address signs save time when emergency crews are responding to your house. To aid safety personnel in finding your home, residents are encouraged to purchase a 911 House Numbering Sign, a reflective address sign made…
With her boyfriend in severe abdominal pain, Sharon Edge called 911 for an ambulance in the early morning hours of Feb. 6. Heavy snow was falling — so heavy it would all but bring the city to a standstill —…
From The Spokesman-Review Washington residents are likely to pay an extra 25 cents a month next year for every phone line they have, whether it’s a land line, a cell phone or an Internet-connected system. The House of Representatives passed…
From CNNMoney. Text to 911 is coming. The FCC is in the midst of a Text-to-911 exhibition fair this week. See Tech Tumblr – Technology News.
From the Le Mars Daily Sentinel. As more and more people choose cellphones over landline telephones, Iowa counties’ E911 budgets are taking a financial hit. Plymouth County currently receives a $1 monthly surcharge on landline telephones to help maintain its…
“Until there is an emergency in your life, your physical address doesn’t matter.” That’s how Kelly Atchley, an employee of the North Tahoe Fire Protection District in Placer County, California, near Lake Tahoe, described people’s attitudes towards house numbers. In…
From MSNBC.COM Donnie and Sharon Leutjen and their 15-year-old granddaughter, Taron Leutjen, were found June 9. They had been shot to death, and their bodies had lain in their home in Cole Camp, Mo., for about two days. Authorities know…