Plano City Council approves capacity expansion for city’s 911 calls – Community Impact (TX)
Plano City Council approved the addition of four new 911 command post workstations to expand call-taking capacity during its Aug. 22 meeting.
St. Louis County Police 911 dispatch center could see $4.2 million overhaul – (MO)
The St. Louis County Police Communications Center could soon see a long-awaited upgrade, thanks in part to federal COVID-19 relief funding.
The dispatch center, which answered 813,000 calls for service in 2021 and dispatches more than 30 police departments, is operating on a computer system that is 22 years old, first implemented in 1999.
Horry County Emergency Operations Center to open Wednesday – (SC)
The dedication and grand opening ceremony for the new Randall S. Webster Emergency Operations & Communications Center will be held on Wednesday, in the middle of hurricane season.
“It’s near completion and I know the teams both emergency management and 9-1-1 are very excited to get in there,” said Thomas Bell, Public Information Officer.
Emergency dispatcher lauded for coaching woman during childbirth – (FL)
A Lake County emergency dispatcher was recently honored by Orlando Health for her quick thinking and communication skills that helped a woman deliver a baby.
Tina Mumley, an Emergency Dispatch Supervisor who has served Lake County since 2008, received the health system’s first-ever “Stork Award.”
City of Rome transforms first responder communications with FirstNet – (NY)
Oneida County’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T. FirstNet has added new, purpose-built cell sites located in Oneida County – one in the City of Rome, another by Hinckley Reservoir on the Herkimer County border.
