After years of planning and delays, the Athens County 911 Emergency Communications Center and Emergency Management Agency will soon start counting the days until they move into their new shared building in The Plains.
The D.C. Council will consider a bill that would require the city’s emergency call and dispatch agency to release more information about its own errors.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced today that Renee Gordon has been named Vice Chair of the FirstNet Authority Board, effective immediately. A recognized leader in the 9-1-1 community, Gordon is the Director of the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the City of Alexandria (Va.) and has been a member of the FirstNet Authority Board since November 2022.
One year ago, the streets in Red Lodge looked a lot different. As water rushed through the town, citizens frantically called for help. Now, one of those dispatchers is reflecting on the chaos that happened in Carbon County.
FCC commissioners today voted unanimously to support a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would require all telecom service providers to deliver 911 calls in an IP format and would make those providers responsible for absorbing costs associated with doing so if no state or local funding alternative exists.
