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9-1-1 Hangups
When you mistakenly dial 9-1-1, you would think you’d be safe hanging up right away if the phone doesn’t even ring, right? NOPE, WRONG, 9-1-1 calls come in on special equipment, they present the call to us before it even rings on your end. Mistakes happen, whether it’s a pocket dial, you pressed that special…
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Your Address, Cell Phones and 911
Cavalier County is addressed according to the Modified Burkle Address rules. What this means, is that the roads running north and south are Avenues, the roads running east and west are Streets. If you live on the north or west side, your address will end in an odd number, on the east or south, an…
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It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
The professionals that answer 9-1-1 calls may be talking to people at one of the worst times of their lives. While they are getting information from the caller, they are paging help to be en-route, they are answering the radio as help states they are on the way, and talking to the 9-1-1 caller at…
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Who Would They Call?
Who will Emergency Workers contact if you are not able to respond to them? PLEASE Program this contact name into your cell phone Contact name: ICE and then the number of the person you want contacted in an emergency This will assure you, that your loved ones will be contacted if you can not…