Otero County officials broke ground on the Otero County Public Safety Answering Point Center Nov. 9 in Alamogordo.
The Center, also known as PSAP, will function as a hub for emergency calls for Otero County, the Village of Cloudcroft and the City of Alamogordo, providing 911 call coverage to the area.
A local 911 operator is being praised for keeping a family calm during a frightening home invasion.
Telecommunicator Jennifer Mealer has been answering emergency calls in Hamilton County for the past four years and says she loves her job.
Some experts worry that expanding access, without proper education, could increase the number of calls to an already burdened system.
By adding satellite SOS to its newest phones, Apple is taking what was a niche safety feature and offering it to millions of iPhone 14 owners. They can use it to reach emergency services in everything from natural disasters and wilderness adventures to smaller incidents that happen to be far away from cell towers. It has the potential to save lives, but also gives people power that emergency responders hope they use carefully.
Being a sheriff’s office emergency communications officer (dispatcher) handling the 911 calls, dispatching for all the first responders in Boundary County including law enforcement, fire and ambulance is both a challenging and rewarding career.
(Nov. 10, 2022) The City of Reno and Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) announce the official transition to a new consolidated dispatch services agreement that will lead to faster emergency response times at Reno-Tahoe International Airport and Reno-Stead Airport. The transition took effect on November 1, 2022.
It is important for residents and visitors to know that Reno Public Safety Dispatch will still be the first point of contact for all 911 calls in Reno.
