YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Yancey County Sheriff’s Office announced that a $4.8 million grant from the North Carolina 911 Board was recently awarded to Yancey County Emergency Communications (911) to help build a new communications center.
She was in Florida Monday to follow-up on Hurricane Ian recovery work, the federal agency confirmed.
Rosenworcel’s trip will focus on learning from local stakeholders about how Florida and Puerto Rico’s recovery is progressing, reflecting on what lessons learned the FCC should consider in future natural-disaster-related actions, the agency noted.
The Pasadena Police Department recently installed new computer systems as part of the ongoing Computer Aided Dispatch-Records Management System (CAD-RMS) upgrade within the department, Acting Commander Marcia Taglioretti confirmed.
A silent 911 call to the Mesquite Emergency Dispatch Center in Nevada resulted in the rescue of a woman and her three children from an alleged kidnapper early Tuesday morning, after the woman called 911 and left an open line until she could ask for help, giving authorities time to gather location information and send officers to intercept the car and take the suspect into custody.
The partnership with Zetron to deliver a statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 Shared Services Program provides the most current and efficient tools available to our Public Safety Answering Points at a fraction of the taxpayer cost it would take for them to upgrade on their own.”
