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When the crew from DC Fire & EMS Medic 17 arrived at a Northeast home earlier this month they found a man in cardiac arrest and called for help. What Medic 17 didn’t know at the time is the 911 center first learned 10 minutes earlier that someone in the home had started CPR on the patient. A spokesperson for DC 911 tells STATter911 dispatchers never relayed that crucial information to EMS crews. Dispatchers also didn’t immediately send the extra personnel the 911 center’s protocols require on cardiac arrest calls. The 911 call was made from a home on 26th Street in the Langdon neighborh...

DC 911 says first call about rail emergency came from a passenger & not Metro New timeline further highlights serious communications failures after train stalled outside Rhode Island Avenue station 5 hours ago A passenger on a stranded subway train was the first to alert DC 911 to the emergency, further highlighting a serious communications breakdown at Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC). The new information from DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC) comes two days after the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission’s (WMSC) CEO admonished Metro for its poor communication...

Fire department PIO arrested for crash scene photos in Connecticut Chesterfield Fire Company's Steve Frischling is accused of violating Joshua's Law Mar 11, 2021 This is an interesting interpretation of Connecticut’s Joshua’s Law preventing some photography by fire, EMS and police at emergency scenes. Read more from Curt Varone at FireLawBlog.com. The public information officer for the Chesterfield Fire Company has been charged in connection with crash scene photos he took without permission and posted to his agency’s Facebook page last month, according to an arrest warrant. Steven E. F...

Is DC 911 really investigating or reporting all its mistakes? OUC document appears to contradict recent statement from acting deputy mayor 3 weeks ago DC 911’s own document again casts doubt on the agency’s official reporting of staff mistakes. The document is supposed to list all errors that hinder emergency operations, but it doesn’t. It’s missing most of the mistakes clearly documented last year by STATter911. The paperwork further backs up an earlier STATter911 report questioning 911 center data submitted to the DC Council. Before diving into those details, let’s first address s...

Man captured in Pennsylvania had been placed on administrative leave by ambulance company