STAMFORD — Members of the Board of Representatives want city officials to lay out how much it would cost to increase staffing at Stamford’s 911 center after it took a resident several tries before someone picked up her call about a downed tree blocking a road on a Friday night.
The man became stranded during his trek from Noorvik to Kotzebue, and triggered his iPhone’s emergency satellite connection.With the release of the Apple iPhone 14 comes the release of one of the company’s newest features: Emergency SOS. Emergency SOS allows you to connect with emergency services via a satellite connection as opposed to cellular data or wifi, which are sparse in remote areas. The feature saved a man lost in the Alaskan Wilderness this week, but there’s still kinks to be worked out in Apple’s foray into expanded emergency alerts.
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – The need for 911 dispatchers persists. Staffing shortages have long been an issue, but a new center is hoping to change that.
Friday, the City of Tucson opened a new Public Safety Communications Center for 911 dispatchers. The goal is to reduce wait times and call transfers.
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Angst between the County Commission and the Sheriff’s Office over the regional emergency call dispatching center continues to mount as politicians plan to question the Sheriff’s Office about why the county lags in 911 technology.
It took her over 20 years to chase down her dream. But, in May, her day finally came when she became the first visually impaired person to work as a dispatcher in Central New Mexico Community College’s security department.
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