By Dakota Antelman — [email protected]
Lincoln was already on board.
Now Carlisle is, too.
Far from a final commitment, Concord and its neighbors want to formally study whether they could regionalize emergency dispatch services.
PEPPERELL — Officials in member towns of the Patriot Regional Emergency Communications Center are reporting a cyberattack that appears to have disrupted the phone communications of the regional dispatch center and the public safety departments of multiple towns.
Officials in the towns of Pepperell, Dunstable, Townsend and Ashby released separate statements Wednesday saying the non-emergency and business phone lines for their various police, fire and EMS departments, as well as PRECC itself, were down as a result of a cyberattack discovered Tuesday morning. The towns indicated the local 911 system is still operational, and “at this time there is no evidence that private user information has been shared.” PRECC operates out of the Pepperell Police Department.
As the market leader in NG911, AT&T has upgraded 1,750 emergency call centers nationwide, enhancing safety for more than 88 million people
SAN ANTONIO, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that AT&T has been named the 2026 market leader in the Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911) for the eighth consecutive year. AT&T’s Emergency Services IP Network (AT&T ESInet™) leads the market in advancing industry transformation that enhances public safety by supporting a more diverse set of IP-based communications during emergencies. This recognition highlights AT&T’s consistent leadership in delivering reliable, standards-based NG911 solutions while strengthening public safety communications across the United States.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Employees at Brown County’s 911 dispatch center continue to express concerns about working conditions, saying the way the dispatch center is currently operating is unsafe.
Now, Brown County first responders and unions who represent first responders are asking for changes.
Effective emergency response relies on the ability of different agencies to communicate seamlessly with each other. In the past, this was a real problem due to public safety agencies using a variety of proprietary land mobile radios (LMRs) that couldn’t talk to each other.
Michael Barnbeck, Deputy Executive Director of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) remembers this all too well. When he started his previous 25-year career with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, communicating with other agencies was extremely difficult.
