In a heart-pounding roadside emergency, a dispatcher with the Santa Rita Fire District helped deliver a baby over the phone, turning a frantic 911 call into a story of calm, quick thinking and a safe new life.
The call, which came in on April 2, has now become a highlight of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which began on Sunday, April 13.
Darby Cech, a communications specialist and acting supervisor at the Valley Emergency Communication Center (VECC), took the call just after 5 p.m. A couple en route from Green Valley to a Tucson hospital found themselves caught in the middle of active labor. The baby was coming—and fast…