CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A new state grant program will help people working in public safety.
The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Communications Center plans to use this grant program to invest more into its dispatchers.
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.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Last month, Henderson police arrested a kidnapping suspect after a chase that started near Boulder City.
The victim texted 911, stating she had just been kidnapped and feared for her life.
