911 Call in Lish Case Explained

Source: The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoAug.新蒲崗迷你倉 29--TWIN FALLS -- As the panic and stress in Kayla Webb's voice grew, the tension in the courtroom grew with it.As part of their case, prosecutors in the Cayde Lish voluntary manslaughter case played the 911 call that Webb made after Lish fatally stabbed her boyfriend, Jerimiah Paiz.After the recording was played in court, many Times-News readers were left wondering why she had to speak to two dispatchers. First, the 911 operator answered. Then, when it was determined to be a medical call, a dispatcher from Magic Valley Paramedics was added to the call, and Webb had to re-explain her emergency.The answer?Although the city of Twin Falls has its own dispatch for city fire and police, medical calls still are handled by the Southern Idaho Regional Communications Center, said city spokesman Joshua Palmer.In December 2003, the city opened its dispatch center after separating from SIRCOMM. Decisions about which agency would handle each call were made based on efficiency, Palmer said.Although the dispatcher in Webb's call had her speak directly to the ambulance dispatcher, that's not the norm, he said."Normally dispatchers will relay the information directly," he said. "There could be incidents, though, where they connect the permini storageon to the medical responders because they need to have that direct line of communication."But in this case, Webb had to repeat the same information to the ambulance dispatcher. That call can be heard by using the player above.On every medical call, ambulance dispatchers are connected to the information with the click of a button."It's a one-button deal," Palmer said. "By one button, we can dispatch all the information we have to Magic Valley Paramedics. It almost instantly connects communication between the two organizations so we can communicate between the two crews."A similar method is used to alert the fire department of a fire call. As the dispatcher collects information from a caller, they enter it into a log. With one click, all that information is made available to the fire department, Palmer said."Dispatchers are in constant communication," he said.In an instant, dispatchers decide whether to send police, paramedics, fire or all three, he said. In addition, firefighters and police officers are trained in some emergency medical techniques so whoever arrives on the scene first can begin to help.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) Visit The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) at magicvalley.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage