7th September 2017
On Tuesday 05 September 2017, Jerry Overton, President of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) came from Salt Lake City to visit our Emergency Ambulance Control (EAC), and to present us with an award for achieving status as an Accredited Centre of Excellence (ACE).
NIAS submitted an application to become an ACE in February 2015, and after years of hard work by all colleagues in EAC, we finally met all of the required performance standards in February 2017.
In order to reach this status, each Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) has 3% of their calls audited each month for accuracy, customer service and compliance. They are expected to handle the caller, get information quickly and accurately, calm the situation down and deliver scripted advice depending on the nature of the call.
We are extremely proud of all of our Control Staff, and of the continuing hard work they have put into achieving ACE status. Congratulations on this incredible achievement.
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