Success Stories

• 8/17/10 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols, which helped with the delivery of a baby girl.
• 7/29/10 - 2 Communicators were recognized by a former employee for their roles when his daughter called 9-1-1 to report she was in labor on her way to the hospital (her husband was driving), but the baby just wasn’t willing to wait! They posted the following comments: “Grandma & Grandpa Dyer would like to thank Mike C. for the outstanding job he did in assisting Danielle and Mitch in getting to Fire Station #5 where they found the help they needed to deliver their first child. Also, thanks to Chris S. for dispatching the call and to the "A" Shift at Station #5 for the great job they did in delivering baby Brayden who weighed in at 7-6 and 19 3/4 inches. You all are great."
• 5/31/10 - A Communicator properly provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 65 year old man.
• 5/24/10 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions while another Communicator assisted MFD units with accessing this patient in a remote, off road location. This teamwork helped save the life of a cardiac arrest victim in Madison.
• 3/8/10 - A Communicator assisted a gentleman who was on the ice on Mud Lake and lost due to thick fog. Excellent work on the Communicator’s part, coupled with a Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy and his recently acquired GPS unit, the man was guided safely off the ice.
• 3/7/10 - A Communicator provided a teenage caller with pre-arrival instructions for nearly 11 minutes, including several minutes of CPR after a child was shocked when a roof rake contacted electrical wires.
• 2/25/10 - A Communicator properly provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 66 year old woman.
• 2/21/10 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols which helped with the delivery of a baby.
• 2/1/10 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped with the delivery of a baby boy.
• 1/31/10 - A Communicator provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 39 year old woman.
• 1/21/10 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped a caller save the life of a 23 year old woman.
• 1/15/10 - A Communicator provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 47 year old man.
• 12/20/09 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped a caller save the life of a 43 year old woman.
• 11/27/09 - A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped a caller save the life of a 65 year old man.
• 9/27/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped a caller save the life of her 90 year grandfather who was choking.
• 9/9/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and helped save the life of a 60’s year old man at a gym in Fitchburg.
• 8/15/09 – A Communicator properly employed Emergency Fire Dispatch (EFD) protocols and helped a mother and child trapped in a burning building in Sun Prairie.
• 8/12/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and helped save the life of a child who nearly drown in the Monona Pool.
• 7/12/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions helping deliver a baby boy in Madison.
• 7/6/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions helping deliver a baby boy in Cottage Grove.
• 6/4/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols that helped save the life of a man in Oregon.
• 5/12/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 60’s year old man in Fitchburg.
• 5/11/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions helping deliver a baby girl.
• 4/21/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 62yo woman in Madison.
• 3/21/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 50yo man at a tennis center in Madison.
• 3/16/09 – A Communicator properly employed EMD protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions, including nearly 11 minutes of compressions, which helped save the life of a man in the Town of Madison.
• 3/13/09 – A Communicator properly employed Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) protocols and provided pre-arrival instructions which helped save the life of a 64 year old woman in the Town of Black Earth.