Whiteside County exploring other funding options for 911 services after public safety tax fails (IL)
Whiteside County voters voted against the referendum 76.13% to 23.87%, leaving officials scrambling for a new source of funding.
Stark County to have enhanced 911 service through partnership with Peoria County (IL)
TOULON – Stark County’s days as the last remaining Illinois county without enhanced 911 service are numbered.
Thanks to a partnership with Peoria County and a $2.4 million state grant, officials now expect to provide that service by early 2024 in a new state-of-the-art emergency communications center to be constructed as an annex to the existing Stark County Sheriff’s Department in the heart of downtown Toulon.
Meriden’s continues to struggle in hiring emergency dispatchers – (CT)
MERIDEN — The Emergency Communications Center continues to be understaffed, an issue that now has been ongoing for more than two years.
As of Tuesday the center, which handles all emergency police, fire and medical calls throughout the city, was staffed by six full-time dispatchers, along with three part-time dispatchers and four full-time trainees.
Those dispatchers have been supplemented by seven city firefighters and one police officer who assist in providing emergency dispatch duties.
Emergency dispatcher saves Holland man’s life with CPR crash course (MI)
HOLLAND — A man found lying in the middle of a Holland street after suffering an apparent heart attack is alive, thanks to quick action by a bystander and instructions from an emergency operator.
‘Next Generation’ 911 system goes online in Utah
911 operators answer calls at the Valley Emergency Communications Center on Oct. 26, 2012, in West Valley City. Utah Communications Authority announced the completion of the Utah Next Generation 911 system upgrade on Tuesday.
