911 Service Returns To North Texas Cities That Had Experienced Outage
UPDATE: Around 4:10 p.m., NCT9-1-1 tweeted, “At this time, citizens calling 9-1-1 within the NCT9-1-1 region will reach a 9-1-1 telecommunicator.
9-1-1 emergency calls unavailable in parts of Campbell County
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — 9-1-1 emergency phone lines are down in the southern area of Campbell County.
Residents with phone line service in the 376, 283, 332, and 369 are advised to use a cell phone to call 9-l-l in an event of an emergency.
PSAP operations: The transformative power of ESInets
It all begins with Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) – the recognition that modern communications technology has far surpassed traditional, narrowband, telephony, voice-centric 911 systems.
The advent of digital communications and the enhanced capabilities of today’s handheld communication devices to send a tremendous amount of data and media beyond just the user’s voice requires a reception system on the telecommunicators’ end of the 9-1-1 call to accommodate current and near-future data delivery.
Dispatcher loses lawsuit over use of gun in shooting
The city of Chicago did not run afoul of the Second Amendment when it fired a police dispatcher for shooting another woman during a traffic altercation, a federal judge held.In a written opinion last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit Keli Calderone brought against the city and two officials with the Office of Emergency Management & Communications.Calderone filed the suit …
09/23/2019: Allen Brandon – York County 9-1-1 System Anniversary
Allen Brandon, Director of York County Public Safety Communications, joined Palmetto Mornings to highlight the 30th Anniversary of York County’s 9-1-1 system.
Please not this is a radio interview – Follow link to play audio file.
