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2. Vacancies at Santa Fe 911 call center still high, but improving

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   The starting wage for a Level 1 specialist is now $22.46 an hour, while more experienced staff members earn between $23.61 to $35.72 per hour. Employees working night shifts also earn a 10% shift ...

3. 911 workers say centers are understaffed, struggling to hire ...

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   Earlier this month, the 911 center in Oakland, California, experienced two outages that forced operators to manually handle 911 calls and delayed response times.

4. Hialeah’s 911 call center says it has its own ... - AOL

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   They earn between $30 and $40 an hour, more than double ($15) than those full time, stipulated for an eight-hour shift. But due to low staff, they have 12-hour daily shifts, Llanes said.

5. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   History. The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

6. Enhanced 911 - Wikipedia

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   Enhanced 911 (E-911 or E911) is a system used in North America to automatically provide the caller's location to 911 dispatchers. 911 is the universal emergency telephone number in the region. In the European Union, a similar system exists known as E112 (where 112 is the emergency access number) and known as eCall when called by a vehicle.

7. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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   The "1" as the second digit was key; it told the switching equipment that this was not a routine call. (At the time, when the second digit was "1" or "0" the equipment handled the call as a long distance or special number call.) The first 911 emergency phone system went into use by the Alabama Telephone Company in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968.