{"id":246,"date":"2011-02-01T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T17:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biddle.com\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2021-07-19T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T02:31:54","slug":"washington-county-911-criticall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/washington-county-911-criticall\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington County 911 &#8211; CritiCall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>911 Emergency Dispatcher Testing Software<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-247\" title=\"Washington County 911 - CritiCall Client\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/CC-WashingtonCo911-Logo_color31.gif\" alt=\"Washington County 911 - CritiCall Client\" width=\"191\" height=\"108\">&#8220;In 2000, before we started using <a title=\"CritiCall 911\" href=\"https:\/\/www.criticall911.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CritiCall<\/a>, we successfully trained and retained only 15% of our new hires. 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