The Department is currently reviewing every master tape from both its fire and EMS dispatch communications offices, and will provide updated copies to the Law Department when this review is complete. The review -- which is already underway and involves scrutinizing more than 250 hours of tapes -- will take several weeks to complete.
The tapes will then be provided to the city's Law Department and calls will be processed prior to public release in accordance with the Court of Appeals opinion.
The fire department says the families of any persons who can be identified will be notified. Specifically, the operator's or dispatcher's side of the call will be publicly released and if the person calling 911 can be identified, his or her family will be notified. They may obtain an unredacted copy, which will remain private unless the family requests otherwise. If the caller was a City employee who made the call in the performance of his or her duties, the full conversation will be made available after the family has first been notified.
