A Jenks man is retiring after working as a dispatcher for the Jenks police department for 46 years.
Bruce Parker is the longest-serving dispatcher in the department’s history. He said he was born and raised in Jenks, and it’s been an honor to serve his hometown.
A Nebraska senator says he has concerns about the state’s infrastructure after two separate 911 outages disrupted critical emergency services for 12 hours each.
While the Oregon Road and Gray fires were ripping through Spokane County, a team of dispatchers in Colville were coordinating air and ground resources to the blazes.
The Northeast Washington Interagency Communications Center dispatches state and federal agencies, including Washington State Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, to wildfires burning in the 10 northeastern Washington counties.
On Saturday, Aug. 26, Fairfax County’s Department of Public Safety Communications, also known as 9-1-1, held its first Public Safety Day Open House.
Fairfax County 9-1-1 is Virginia’s largest public safety answering point and is recognized nationally for its public safety telecommunications services, training, technology, and policies and procedures. The employees of 9-1-1 are considered the First of the First Responders. The tagline of the department is “Fairfax County 9-1-1…always there…always ready…24/7/365.
On Friday, August 25, Clark County and City of Springfield officials dedicated the new Clark County 911 Communications Center in memory of Deputy Suzanne Hopper, and the 911 Training Center in memory of Deputy Matthew Yates.
