The entity reported a technological disturbance that lasted around 20 minutes on Friday. The OUC says they transitioned to manual dispatch.
WASHINGTON — The Washington DC’s Emergency Dispatch Center, or Office of United Communications, experienced a technical system disruption on Friday that affected the team’s communications for around 20 minutes.
RIDGWAY — An emergency communications tower at the center of a property rights dispute is complicating Elk County’s public safety planning as a key federal funding deadline looms.
At dispute is a 106-foot tall temporary 911 tower owned and operated by the county. While it’s located on the property of Wilcox resident Michael Anderson, the roads that access the tower were blocked off by two gates placed by his neighbors, Terry and Tammy Brawand.
The Office of Unified Communications said it was investigating the call and would provide more information when the review was completed.
WASHINGTON — The agency that handles 911 calls in D.C. says it is “carefully reviewing” its response to an emergency call Friday afternoon about a 5-month-old who stopped breathing.
Westmoreland County has returned nearly 75% of a federal grant meant to pay for mobile backups of the county’s 911 dispatch system.
Officials said bookkeeping errors impacted the $529,000 project to purchase the mobile 911 dispatch units. Those units could be relocated if public safety services were forced to evacuate from the Hempfield operations center.
Now, the computer system that dispatchers use to answer calls and make contact with Temple Police, is getting completely replaced for the first time in more than 20 years.
“This new system will improve public safety within the Temple community,” said Police Sergeant Lauren Boone, who supervises dispatch.
