Mr. Clean
11-Apr-2012, 10:39 AM
U.S. 911 Dispatchers help save Life Of Woman In Ireland
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Some Oklahoma City Emergency Dispatchers
are being recognized for a job well-done after an incredible 911 call they
received in the middle of the night on March 2.
Dispatchers teamed up to help a woman who called them
several times. She claimed to be pregnant, and wanted to kill herself.
"My dispatchers were doing everything in their power to
help this woman, and give her some sort of resolution. She was asking for
assistance to get out of a lifestyle of prostitution," supervisor Steve Vincent
said.
The woman called a non-emergency number, which made it
virtually impossible for Oklahoma City dispatchers to track.
"I have no idea how she got us," Vincent said.
However, AT&T stepped in, and traced the woman's call
to an area code in Great Britain.
"A lot of times with suicidal people, if you can keep them
talking until we can get help there, they're not going to do anything," Vincent
said.
Police there tracked the call to the woman's home, which
is actually close to a police station in Dublin, Ireland. Police there forced
entry into the woman's home, and found her with a stab wound.
"They described it as serious. I think anytime you have a
stab wound, especially self inflicted, you always run the potential of serious
injury or death," Vincent said.
Basically, Oklahoma City dispatchers probably helped save
that woman's life.
"It was a total team effort," Vincent said.
This week is National Telecommunicator Week. The City of
Oklahoma City plans to recognize Steve Vincent and dispatchers who were involved
in the life-saving effort.
Ireland will you please improve your programs to assist pregnant hookers because they are having a difficult time with your 112 operators and not getting the help they need...so now they are tying up US 911 lines. :o
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Some Oklahoma City Emergency Dispatchers
are being recognized for a job well-done after an incredible 911 call they
received in the middle of the night on March 2.
Dispatchers teamed up to help a woman who called them
several times. She claimed to be pregnant, and wanted to kill herself.
"My dispatchers were doing everything in their power to
help this woman, and give her some sort of resolution. She was asking for
assistance to get out of a lifestyle of prostitution," supervisor Steve Vincent
said.
The woman called a non-emergency number, which made it
virtually impossible for Oklahoma City dispatchers to track.
"I have no idea how she got us," Vincent said.
However, AT&T stepped in, and traced the woman's call
to an area code in Great Britain.
"A lot of times with suicidal people, if you can keep them
talking until we can get help there, they're not going to do anything," Vincent
said.
Police there tracked the call to the woman's home, which
is actually close to a police station in Dublin, Ireland. Police there forced
entry into the woman's home, and found her with a stab wound.
"They described it as serious. I think anytime you have a
stab wound, especially self inflicted, you always run the potential of serious
injury or death," Vincent said.
Basically, Oklahoma City dispatchers probably helped save
that woman's life.
"It was a total team effort," Vincent said.
This week is National Telecommunicator Week. The City of
Oklahoma City plans to recognize Steve Vincent and dispatchers who were involved
in the life-saving effort.
Ireland will you please improve your programs to assist pregnant hookers because they are having a difficult time with your 112 operators and not getting the help they need...so now they are tying up US 911 lines. :o