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E-Comm Dispatchers Alerted to Forced Overtime as Critical Staff Shortages Loom for Canada Day Weekend

Vancouver, BC – As the Canada Day long weekend approaches, British Columbia’s 9-1-1 emergency dispatch operators …

British Columbians need a fully funded 9-1-1 service now

VANCOUVER—The COVID-19 pandemic and recent extreme weather events have highlighted more than ever the need for …

9-1-1 Operators ‘stunned’ by E-Comm decision to abandon callers

9-1-1 Operators ‘stunned’ by E-Comm decision to abandon callers December 1, 2021  Vancouver, BC: Stunned is the …

9-1-1 System at Risk of Catastrophic Failure Without Immediate Funding Relief from Local Governments

British Columbia’s 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system needs an immediate infusion of funding support from local …

Municipalities need to answer the emergency call for more 911 funding

For some time now, there simply have not been enough 9-1-1 operators in the system to deal with any significant surge in …

Support your 9-1-1 Operators Who Are Pushing Through the Long Weekend

Over this long weekend, 9-1-1 Operators are being asked to work any additional overtime that they can handle and cancel …

9-1-1 operators “stretched to the limit” during heat wave

9-1-1 operators “stretched to the limit” during heat wave VANCOUVER—Record high temperatures during the historic …

Emergency Services Dispatchers and 9-1-1 Awareness Week

Emergency dispatchers and 9-1-1 call takers are the life line for our communities and their work has become all the more …

ECPBC celebrates International Women’s Day

Further strides are still needed to achieve equality in our world, and for this year’s women’s day (March 8), our local …

CUPE’s emergency dispatchers reborn as Local 8911

More than twenty years after being brought into the Canadian Union of Public Employees as a sub-local of the Ambulance …