Skip to content Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons

flyer for 9-1-1- Overview presentation

911 Overview and Particular Methods Used for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Calls

Date: Tuesday, March 5
Time: 7 - 8 PM
Presenter: Steve McMurrer, ENP, 911 Information Systems Division Chief, Fairfax County VA 911

This presentation will give an overview of the Fairfax County 911 Center and how it is organized, along with a brief discussion of how 911 operations staff handle different types of calls today.  A glimpse of future technologies will also be presented.

ASL interpreters and CART are provided.  See 911 Overview flyer for more information and click here to register to get the Zoom link.

Pre-notification 911 programs allow people to upload behavioral health information, pre-existing medical conditions, allergies, memory impairments, disabilities, emergency contacts and more into a voluntary database.  

The information will be associated with one’s phone number.  When 911 is dialed from their number, first responders will be informed of needs or challenges that they will encounter before arriving at the scene of an emergency.  A few years ago, the LTCCC, along with other groups, advocated to Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors to obtain a pre-notification 911 system.  It is great to see that it has happened.  Please pass this information along.  

To learn more and to enter information, click here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/911/emergency-health-profile.

 

 

AZ Family.com
Jun 14, 2016 2:59 AM EDT

In Orange County, Fla. -- and in every 911 call center throughout Arizona -- people cannot send text messages to dispatchers. However, a lawsuit filed in Arizona federal court is demanding that the state adopt the new technology.

The lawsuit, filed by the National Association of the Deaf and the Arizona Center for Disability Law, claims the state’s current 911 system is discriminatory.

“What we're claiming is that people with disabilities are not provided equal access to 911, which is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehab Act,” said attorney Asim Dietrich.

Read more  . .  Watch Video . . . text-to-911