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Exclusive: DC 911 director’s blunt email highlights critical staffing & performance problems
With only 50 percent of employees available to work, Cleo Subido orders mandatory overtime
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NEW: Metro confirms safety lapses at two more incidents
Third rail safety device not used during December evacuation and control center gave inaccurate info to 911 after worker hurt…
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NEW: DC 911 says dispatchers didn’t tell fire & EMS their patient was in cardiac arrest
10-minutes lost in upgrading the call to CPR in progress
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DC 911 says first call about rail emergency came from a passenger & not Metro
Timeline further highlights serious communications failures after train stalled outside Rhode Island Avenue station
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Is DC 911 really investigating or reporting all its mistakes?
OUC document appears to contradict recent statement from acting deputy mayor
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Document confirms DC 911 dispatchers failed to answer emergency radio channels
Paperwork shows disciplinary action followed numerous STATter911 reports
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Video: Two-alarm fire in large DC home under renovation
Exposure problems during fire in Northwest Washington early Wednesday morning
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NEW: CPR case shows another parks & rec DC 911 fail
Radio traffic highlights serious issues during recent call on the Capital Crescent Trail
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A skeptic is among first firefighters who’ll receive coronavirus vaccine
Great comments by two in the first group from DC Fire & EMS to be vaccinated
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Delayed fire & EMS dispatch & miscommunication confirmed during Metro train separation in MD
More than 12 minutes lost with confusion over the type of emergency
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