SPOKANE, Wash. – Governor Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 1258 into law Thursday, paving the way for Spokane to develop its own emergency communications system.
The Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) Board had previously to remove the Spokane Fire Department from its regional system.
County has withheld payments since January, citing concerns with budgeting process and shared facility ownership
Durango and La Plata County leaders met this week in a joint study session to hash out long-standing questions about funding, ownership and oversight of the Durango Emergency Communications Center.
Lee County is gearing up for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the end of the month to unveil its new $38.5 million Public Safety Center expansion.
The new addition, a 36,873-square-foot, $38.5 million project, will also rebrand the center.
The ceremony will feature remarks from Lee County commissioners and other officials, followed by public tours of the facility.
The expanded center will house the Public Safety Administration, Emergency Medical Services and a new Emergency Communications Center.
Oregon’s public safety networks are getting a major upgrade thanks to insights from the 2025 RADIO Conference—Resilience, Advancement, and Development in Interoperability for Oregon. Organized by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management and the State Interoperability Executive Council, the convention hosted a swath of public safety pros who shared tech and strategy to bolster emergency response communications.
The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced today that Anoka County Emergency Communications Center (ECC) has dramatically reduced the amount of time that 911 telecommunicators spend on calls generated by alarm and sensor systems as a result of implementing TMA’s ASAP Service. The solution leverages the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), which was developed jointly by TMA and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO).
“Our latest data shows that ASAP Service is saving our telecommunicators an average of 30 hours each month,” said Kari Morrissey, Anoka County’s director of emergency communications.
