STATter911 Communications Information

Since May, 2007 STATter911.com has brought you fire & EMS news from the National Capital area, around the country and around the world. The website is published by former television and radio reporter Dave Statter, who, in his youth (a long, long time ago), was a firefighter, EMT, dispatcher and cardiac rescue technician. Dave spent 38 years in broadcasting in the Washington, DC area before retiring in June of 2010. Dave now runs STATter911 Communications, LLC. When I left WUSA-TV in June 2010, I stopped my work as a reporter. While I always appreciate being kept in the loop and knowing about the inner workings and issues of various fire departments, the information you send or tell me, stops with me and will not be published on STATter911.com or relayed to other news organizations. STATter911.com only posts, excerpts and links to items already in the news or in the public domain (such as YouTube videos). STATter911.com does not investigate or publish news tips or leaked information. In addition, the work I now do for various clients related to reputation management and media relations, along with the advertising money that I receive, would be considered a conflict of interest for a reporter. While I make great attempts to post news on the website in an unbiased fashion, STATter911 Communications, LLC does not routinely make public its list of clients. Dave Statter joined WUSA-TV in Washington, DC as a general assignment reporter in August 1985. Since May of 2007 he has also edited the website STATter911.com. STATter 911 focuses on fire and EMS issues worldwide, with special attention to news and videos Dave generates from the Metropolitan Washington area. Besides a career in broadcasting that began in 1972, Dave was a volunteer firefighter in Oxon Hill, MD from 1974 to 1980. Dave also worked as a dispatcher for the Prince Georges County, MD Fire Department from 1976 to 1979. In 1977 Dave was in the first group of Cardiac Rescue Technicians certified in Prince Georges County. Dave, along with his wife Hillary ...