FONDA — Montgomery County has received a $374,781 state grant that will be used to update systems and equipment used by the 911 dispatch center.
Montgomery County Sheriff Jeffery Smith on Monday said the county applies annually for the State Interoperable Communications Grant administered by the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services to ensure emergency communication systems are kept up to date.
“The technology changes on a regular basis and we have to stay on top of things. It’s a daunting task at times, thankfully these grants help us,” Smith said…
The city of Tucson is facing significant staffing vacancies in departments that provide crucial services ranging from park maintenance to 911 assistance.
The issues aren’t new, or exclusive to Tucson, but they are severe in some of the city’s departments:
More than a third of positions are vacant at the Parks and Recreation Department and the Public Safety Communications Department — where Tucson’s 911 operators work.
About a fifth of the positions in Information Technology and the General Services Department are unfilled…
The Garland County Quorum Court Human Resources Committee created eight new public safety positions at its Sept. 27 meeting, personnel slots the sheriff’s department and 911 Communications Center said are needed to meet a growing workload.
The committee authorized six new deputy positions in the sheriff’s department’s enforcement division, a number matching what the county applied for through the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services grant.
In July, the quorum court authorized the county to apply for the grant, which, if awarded in full, would partially fund salaries and benefits for up to six deputies for three years. The grant requires the new hires be retained for at least one year after the grant funding ends…
SCHENECTADY COUNTY – The county will use a $608,673 state grant to improve its emergency communications, the state announced this week.
The grant money will be used for Schenectady County’s commitment to an $18 million countywide radio operability project to modernize its public safety network communication equipment, county spokeswoman Erin Roberts said.
The project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2022, Roberts said, includes:
A tower system
Base units at fire houses and stations
Portable and vehicle radios for police and fire units…
(FOX 5 DC) – When there’s an emergency, every second matters. However, some in the DMV feel that sense of urgency is missing due to an ongoing problem of 911 call mix-ups.
Time is of the essence when someone needs help. That’s why a viewer reached out to FOX 5 to investigate the ongoing issues with 911 calls in the DC region being routed to the wrong jurisdiction.
On Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 around 6 p.m. at Belle Haven Marina in Fairfax County, a truck rolled into the river with three people inside – parents and their toddler. According to a witness, the truck just loaded a jet ski onto its trailer, but instead of pulling forward, the vehicle went in reverse – rolling backwards. A woman called 911 and was first routed to Prince George’s County, then they forwarded her to the city of Alexandria, then the emergency call went to Fairfax County…
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.
