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Tag result for article published on Tue February 26 2019 12:36 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Smartphone apps can usually find users quickly and effortlessly, but 911 is often less accurate at finding callers from their cell phones. WSJ’s Spencer Macnaughton explains the limitations of current call centers, and how tech companies have set out to make 911 services more precise. Photo composite: Heather Seidel/The Wall Street Journal Cell phone tower […]
Posted in 9-1-1, Digital-Lifestyle, Public ServiceComments Off on Why Your Apps Can Find You, But 911 Can’t Until They Get Help from Apps
Tag result for article published on Mon May 14 2018 12:18 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
On Friday, April 27, 2018 Mick Fleming, the Joint Emergency Management Coordinator for the Northwest Central Joint Emergency Management System (JEMS) was presented with the 2018 “5 Phases Award” by the Illinois Emergency Services Management Association (IESMA) at their annual Training Summit in Springfield, IL. The award is presented annually to “an IESMA member that […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu March 16 2017 2:04 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District’s 9-1-1 and dispatch outsourcing has switched to Northwest Central Dispatch System located in Arlington Heights beginning the month of March 2017. Barrington Countryside left CenCom 9-1-1, a suburban consolidated dispatch center located in Round Lake Beach to join the Arlington Heights-based Northwest Central Dispatch System. CenCom now serves Antioch, […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri November 27 2015 8:33 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:03 AM Friday to a report of a power line problem and a tree fire Park Street and Forrest Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a resident heard a line pop and then saw a tree on fire. The flames were reported “out” by the […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu July 02 2015 2:21 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
AUDIO: Northwest Central Dispatch System 9-1-1 Center retirement announcement and firefighters’ replies Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Dispatchers and firefighters honored Jeannie Bolash when she retired after 35 years of service Tuesday June 30, 2015. Her retirement on Thursday was announced just before a radio test on an emergency radio talk group. It’s unknown if it […]
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Tag result for article published on Mon April 13 2015 9:11 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
VIDEO: The EF-4 tornado that struck Ashton, Rochelle and Fairdale as it forms near Ashton, Illinois. The EF-4 tornado last week on April 9, 2015 caused destruction for 29 miles with a path that was up to 1/2-mile wide. The tornado passed through a sparsely populated rural area of Illinois. The tornado killed two people […]
Posted in 24/7 Fire Rescue!Comments Off on The #1 Reason Police Should Turn Off Their Military Grade Secret Police Radio Encryption Switch: The EF-4 Tornado
Tag result for article published on Sat October 04 2014 8:15 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
VIDEO: Three rescue ambulances transported six or seven personnel from the Northwest Central Dispatch System 9-1-1 Center Saturday afternoon. Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 3:19 PM Saturday to an activated fire or smoke alarm at Northwest Central Dispatch System 9-1-1 Center 1975 East Davis Street Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics next received […]
Posted in FIRE BLOGComments Off on Seven 911 Dispatchers Transported To Area Hospitals from Northwest Central Dispatch System After Spark, Extinguishing Agent Discharged, Arlington Heights
Tag result for article published on Mon August 18 2014 7:45 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Beginning today, August 18, 2014, wireless phone subscribers of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, who are residents or visitors living, working or traveling in the Northwest Central Dispatch System service area may be able to use their mobile phones to send a text message to 911 for emergency help. Northwest Central Dispatch System is the […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu May 29 2014 1:28 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Scott Brawner, an off-duty Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue firefighter/paramedic, was able to help save the life of Drew Basse on May 9, 2014, because of a smartphone app known as PulsePoint, which allows 9-1-1 dispatch centers to connect cardiac arrest victims to people trained in CPR that are near the victim. “This app saved […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 01 2014 5:57 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
In the early 1970s the major selling point of starting a paramedic service in a fire department was the potential for saving lives with urgent care for heart attack victims and trauma victims. Advanced Life Support — some of it learned on the battlefields in the Vietnam War — was going to save lives. Certainly […]
Posted in Fire/Rescue/EMS NotebookComments Off on PulsePoint, Open Police and Fire Radio Channels: You Might Consider This, Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson
Tag result for article published on Mon December 16 2013 8:19 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
9-1-1 telephone audio of hostage incident when an Arlington Heights police officer was shot an critically injured and a female victim as held hostage by ex-boyfriend Eric Anderson. Arlington Heights Police Department and Northwest Central Dispatch System released 9-1-1 audio today which included the telephone calls from a home in the 1900 block of Windham […]
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Tag result for article published on Wed November 06 2013 2:50 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Audio from 9-1-1 call when Henry Laseke called Northwest Central Dispatch System for help after he accidentally drove his SUV into a retention pond (includes video of diver’s attempts to save his life). The Northwest Central Dispatch System (NWCDS) dispatcher, who rudely and repeatedly said “Sir … what is your address,” while Henry Laseke, age […]
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