Posts Tagged ‘Training’

  • Tough Marines?
    I shot this video on my camera phone at the Marine Corps Air Station, in Iwakuni City, Japan, during a weeklong Advanced Public Safety Dispatch course.  Marines are trained to handle almost anything - but from the looks of it, they can’t stomach a birthing video!  You can register here to post your video footage and photos taken during...
    by bruno911 at February 24th, 2010 at 08:02 am
  • Celebrating American Heart Month
    Heart attacks are one of the leading causes of death for men and women in the United States, with about 1 million occurring per year. 
    by Sarah at February 22nd, 2010 at 08:02 am
  • PowerPhone Honors Ohio Dispatcher
    Dispatcher Alexia Feasel (center) was honored for saving the life of Angela Gibson (left). PowerPhone's Dispatcher Recognition Award was presented by EMD instructor Scot Sorensen. Through her Emergency Medical Dispatch training, Alexia Feasel, a Tiffin, Ohio dispatcher, guided a 911 caller through the Heimlich maneuver, and saved a life.  Congratulations goes out...
    by Sarah at January 29th, 2010 at 10:01 am
  • PowerPhone Training Doesn’t Cost… It Pays!
    We received this note of thanks from Danielle, a recent graduate of our Suicide Intervention training held in Novi, MI… “… I just wanted to let you know the tactics I learned in my 911 training class paid off. I had a man call in who didn’t want to live anymore. He wouldn’t tell us where he was but I was able to get him to talk about things...
    by Sarah at January 29th, 2010 at 08:01 am
  • Just Another Day in the Classroom
    After conducting more than 7,000 training classes over the last 25 years, our instructors have some pretty interesting stories to tell. From an instructor having his wallet stolen, to performing CPR and even a frozen turkey causing an MVA, PowerPhone instructors have seen it all… or at least we thought we did until last week. Director of Training George Deuchar sent...
    by Sarah at January 19th, 2010 at 10:01 am
  • Dispatcher Helps Revive Child
    PowerPhone training classes, teach dispatcher’s how to handle tough calls such as these. A fire-rescue dispatcher helped an Orlando family avert a Christmas Day tragedy when he provided them with life-saving directions to revive a toddler pulled from a swimming pool.
    by Sarah at January 7th, 2010 at 09:01 am
  • Ohio study claims Domestic Violence laws are not enforced
    PowerPhone, Inc., a leader in emergency call handling solutions, offers courses which teach 9-1-1 dispatcher’s how to handle Domestic Violence calls.
    by Sarah at November 16th, 2009 at 10:11 am