It’s pretty easy to sign up for emergency information for Eagle County. But there’s more to it than just registering.
Eagle County emergency alert information, from highway closures and accidents to wildfire, flood and other emergency information, is easily available via Everbridge, which can send messages via both text messages and email. The system is free.
Once you sign up, there are a few other steps to take. The biggest one is letting Everbridge know how to contact you, whether via text or email. Marc Wentworth is the director of the Vail Public Safety Communications Center. That’s where the call goes when you dial 911 and is the source of the Everbridge notifications…
MENOMINEE—The $6,400 dual-band radios Menominee County purchased for emergency response have arrived, Andrew Primeaux, Menominee County’s 911 director, said Tuesday.
In December, the Menominee County Board of Commissioners agreed to spend $2.26 million for the new radios, using federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, to improve communication with Michigan’s Public Safety Communications System.
The radios will be distributed to fire and emergency management services agencies throughout the county, including volunteer departments, Primeaux said…
The Oswego County Legislature recently designated April 10 to 16 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Telecommunicators are a vital link between our community and emergency services. They provide voice and computer support – including pre-arrival instructions – for first responders in emergency medical services, law enforcement and fire response services…
The Department of Defense (DoD) is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in collaboration with state and municipal emergency response organizations nationwide who support the 911 Telecommunicator Tree of Life.
Throughout the week, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will join the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and the Defense Logistics Agency to acknowledge the work of 911 professionals leading DoD’s emergency response. Here are a few stories of exceptional telecommunicators from the past year, submitted by the Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force…
April 10 through 16 is the National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, and Broome County Public Safety recognizes the often underlooked, unsung heroes of Public Safety.
911 Dispatchers in Broome County take on average 1,500 calls a day, working twenty-four hours and seven days a week. Dispatchers are the unsung heroes of public safety, according to Director of Broome County Emergency Services Patrick Dewing, heroes that are behind the scenes…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
