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The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.
9-1-1 is an American procedural drama television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear for Fox. The series follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: police officers, paramedics, firefighters and dispatchers. 9-1-1 is a joint production between Reamworks, Ryan Murphy Television, and 20th Television. 9-1-1's first season premiered on January 3, 2018 Due to the COVID ...
Athena Grant-Nash (née Carter) (Angela Bassett) is an LAPD patrol sergeant, and mother of May and Harry from her first marriage to Michael Grant. Athena left her home in Florida for Los Angeles to become a police officer as a result of the failed investigation into the murder of her friend and neighbor Tanya Kingston (a murder she helps to solve 45 years later).
Enhanced 911 (E-911 or E911) is a system used in North America to automatically provide the caller's location to 911 dispatchers. 911 is the universal emergency telephone number in the region. In the European Union, a similar system exists known as E112 (where 112 is the emergency access number) and known as eCall when called by a vehicle.
The tenth season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas and Matt Olmstead, was ordered on February 27, 2020, by NBC. [1] The season premiered on September 22, 2021, and contains the series’ 200th episode. In the 200th episode, Matthew Casey left Chicago to move to ...
Feb. 26—Looking for a car to rent by the hour or day? A new electric vehicle car-sharing program recently launched in Albuquerque, and anyone can use it. The city is the first in the Southwest ...
Aug. 18—John Krist has been a collector since he was 13. Forty-five years later, Krist has amassed a wonderful collection of Roman coins. "It's easier today than it was 20 years ago to collect ...
9-1-1 emergency dispatch center. An emergency medical dispatcher is a professional telecommunicator, tasked with the gathering of information related to medical emergencies, the provision of assistance and instructions by voice, prior to the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS), and the dispatching and support of EMS resources responding to an emergency call.