U.S. Congresswoman Norma J. Torres, D-Ca., is working to reclassify 911 operators as first responders after spending 17 years as a 911 dispatcher for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Public safety can take steps to erase the stigmas associated with receiving professional mental health counseling, according to University of Phoenix survey research.
Greg Friese of EMS1.com offers public safety operations perspective after the Thousand Oaks, California, shooting that can advise local government emergency planning and inform MCI response training.
It’s imperative that first responders learn what happened after the shooting began in the worst mass-shooting event in U.S. history, practice and prepare.
