MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – (Thursday, October 13, 2022) – Berkeley County 911 Communications received multiple state-level awards this month at the Annual Fall Conference for the South Carolina Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) & National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Boards.
Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said he has fulfilled his promise to have bilingual Spanish speakers answer the phones in his 911 dispatch center.
He’s now hired two of them full time to serve his Spanish-only citizens in a growing county where the majority of citizens are Hispanic.
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Inside Richmond’s Emergency Communication Center, 911 call-takers are now prompted to ask each caller a series of questions depending on the situation.
A new system to improve emergency response will change the way Richmond callers provide information to 911 beginning this week.
The Richmond Department of Emergency Communications went live with the new protocol system at 10:00 AM on October 10th.
CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A new emergency alert system is being used to notify Cincinnati residents if there is an active threat.
The expansion to the CincyAlert system will now send a message if there is an active situation of either potential or confirmed danger in a public place, Cincinnati City Manager Sheryl Long announced Monday.
