As a New Orleans EMS Liaison Officer to OPCD, Paramedic Arkady H. Acosta monitors all incoming NOEMS CFS to provide medically informed oversight, troubleshooting, and communication of interagency matters between NOEMS and partner agencies, OPCD, NOPD, and NOFD. Arkady has worked at NOEMS for almost 11 years now and has been a paramedic...
Read more(New Orleans, LA, May 15, 2023) – Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) Executive Director Tyrell Morris and technology partner Carbyne announce the integration of live audio language translation into its emergency call-taking platform, APEX. This milestone development is aimed at saving lives by assisting callers who are not...
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LA-TERT on PRE-Alert for Hurricane Ida As Hurricane Ian intensifies and tracks to move into the Gulf of Mexico, members of the Louisiana Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (LA-TERT) are hereby placed in “Pre-Alert” status and should begin to consider their availability for possible deployment. Although Louisiana...
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Contact: Sierra Wallace Public Engagement Manager 504-432-0378 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Orleans Parish Communication District, is hosting a press conference today at 4PM at OPCD. OPCD Executive Director Tyrell Morris will provide details on recently deployed changes to classifying and prioritization...
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