Out of the 450 911 call centers across California, CHP Golden Gate Division had the longest averaging answering time in the state in 2023, according to California Office of Emergency Services’ data analyzed by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.
Located in Vallejo, CHP Golden Gate Division receives tens of thousands of 911 calls every month from callers driving on freeways and highways across all nine Bay Area counties.
Tracey Porter and Lisa Buchanan, according to their supervisor, are exceptional employees who have been working for years to coordinate the best responses to emergency situations for citizens around Vicksburg and beyond.
In the lower level of the Vicksburg Courthouse, you will find the rooms devoted to Emergency Management and with it, its team, lead by one John Elfer. This team’s main priority according to Elfer is “to save lives.”
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the availability of $20 million to improve the State’s emergency communications systems through the State Interoperable Communications Grant Targeted program, which reimburses eligible counties across the state for various activities associated with emergency communication systems. This year’s grant funding objective aims to improve the overall status of land mobile radio interoperability for public safety agencies within New York, as well as its border states.
Since 2010, the Owensboro-Daviess County 911 dispatch center has only been fully staffed and fully trained during one 4-month period, Director Paul Nave said Thursday. He said every time one person leaves, it takes about a year to get a fully trained replacement in that role.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
