Dispatch & Communications

Las Vegas Fire Rescue is coming under fire for not requesting a private ambulance company, AMR, to respond to a reported stabbing across from an AMR base two weeks ago. Despite the media saying a lawsuit has been filed… there ...

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A Kentucky family is contemplating litigation following what appears to have been the failure of dispatchers and police to follow up on a report of a man in need of assistance in Whitley County back in January. A 911 call ...

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The Connecticut Supreme Court handed down a ruling last week in a very interesting case involving a volunteer firefighter who used his flashing lights to pursue a hit and run driver. The ruling involved whether a police dispatcher should have ...

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A Las Vegas dispatcher is in hot water over the way she handled a 911 call. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue is investigating the matter, according to Chief Willie McDonald. 8 News NOW

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Today’s burning question: When a fire department is dispatched for an automatic alarm and while enroute is told to disregard by the same alarm company, is it necessary for someone from the FD to continue and actually make sure there ...

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Today’s Burning Question: I’ve been a dispatcher for 10 years. Two years ago I developed a medical condition that causes me to fall asleep at work. I was counseled and disciplined several times for falling asleep. The last time the ...

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Four cases top the fire law news today, one worse than next. Three involve EMS personnel, two involve criminal activity, one is international, one involves digital imagery and one involves a dispatcher. In Tennessee, the former EMS director of Bledsoe ...

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A tragic accident last January that claimed the life of a woman and severely injured her 5 year old son has led to a lawsuit against the city of Little Rock and its fire department. Jinglei Yang died and Le ...

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the City of Lockport, New York alleging that the delay of a mutual aid ambulance contributed to the death of an alderman’s mother. Jeanette A. Lombardi, 75, died on September 20, 2012 ...

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A dispatcher with the Baltimore City Fire Department has filed suit in Federal court against the department , the Mayor and the City Council alleging discrimination and retaliation. Arthur Franklin Kirk III claims that the discrimination was on the basis of ...

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Four Medford, Massachusetts firefighters are in trouble over their failure to respond on an EMS run on July 13, 2012. The mix up involved the dispatcher and three firefighters in regards to an EMS run where the patient died. The ...

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A state court judge in New York has ordered the city of New York to release copies of a consultant’s report on the city’s 911 system and response times. The Uniformed Fire Officers Association and the Uniformed Firefighters Association filed ...

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