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Texas’ Elite Search & Rescue Team Recalls Finding Closure In West

When the fertilizer plant in West exploded, Texas Task Force One was called in to search the area closest to the plant for survivors. They didn’t find any.

2013/05/08

Frantic 911 Calls Released From Maypearl Shootings

It was March 20, and Jeri Whitener was sitting in her rural Ellis County home, when she heard someone enter a door.

2013/04/10

Active Shooter Drill Conducted At Irving School

The Irving ISD was closed on Friday, but one campus was still buzzing with emergency officials, staff members and student volunteers as an active shooter drill was conducted.

2013/03/29

Flight Attendants Fighting Knife Rule Reversal

Flight attendants with American Airlines are handing out papers to North Texas travelers as a demonstration against the TSA’s decision to allow some knives back on airplanes.

2013/03/28

DPD: Most 911 Calls Answered In 10 Seconds

After sweeping changes to the Dallas 911 Communications Center, calls for help should ring no more than two times before being answered, according to the Dallas Police Department.

CBS 11–2013/03/25

Dallas Reviewing Improvements To 911 System

Officials in Dallas are taking a closer look at improvements made to the city’s 911 system on Monday.

2013/03/25

911 Call To Report Stuck Gas Pedal Reveals System Problems

Speeding down I-30 at 120 miles an hour, 16-year-old Elez Lushaj dialed 911.

CBS 11–2013/02/27

Fired Dallas 911 Operator Loses Appeal To Regain Job

The 911 operator who was fired last year after a Dallas woman was murdered is now fighting to get her job back. The termination came after the death of Deanna Cook.

2013/02/21

Dallas 20-Year-Old Found Dead After 911 Call Mix-Up

The family of Matthew Sanchez wonders if he would be alive today if paramedics had responded to his friend’s 911 call for help.

CBS 11–2012/11/30

911 Operator Resigns Months After Botched Call

A Dallas 9-1-1 operator who mishandled a call from a dying woman has resigned.

CBS 11–2012/11/27

Grand Prairie Homeowner Shoots Home Invader

Grand Prairie police say the homeowner called 9-1-1 to report someone breaking into a window of his home and fired at the suspect while still on the phone with the dispatcher.

CBS 11–2012/11/27