PULSE Magazine | April 2020 Issue

April 2020

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Featured News

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NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 12-18th) honors the thousands of men and women throughout the United States who respond to emer- gency calls for assistance, dispatch emergency profes- sionals and equipment, and render life-saving, pre- arrival instructions to the citizens of our great nation.

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A PERSONAL MESSAGE OF THANKS TO ATCEMS MEDICS A special video thanks from the former Secretary of Homeland Security & Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Ridge .

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AUSTIN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE UNITED TO FIND WAYS TO HELP EACH OTHER Through the generosity of our community we are making a meaningful difference in supporting each other through this pandemic.

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#LETSSTAYHOME

ATCEMS employees encourage folks to stay healthy by staying home through a social media hashtag and picture campaign.

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ATCEMS LAUNCHES COVID-19 DASHBOARD AND INTRODUCES CLINICAL CONSULT LINE The new dashboard provides daily data sets specific to Austin-Travis County EMS responses during COVID-19 event and the activity of their newly developed COVID Clinical Consult Line (CCCL).

VIDEO STORY FROM THE AUSTIN AMERICAN- STATESMAN: FIRST RESPONDERS FIGHT ON THE FRONT LINES DURING CORONAVIRUS. Watch the video the AAS produced about front line first responders here in Austin and Travis County.

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