It started at a party, with a card game and drinks. A gun came out. Everyone was having fun, passing it around and doing tricks.
The gun was loaded and went off and shot one of them in the stomach.
Roxanne Van Gundy, the director of the Lyon County Emergency Communications Center, took that call. While the call came in 10 years ago, she remembers it like happened yesterday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Melanie Bergers called Wednesday “a historic day” in Kansas history.
On Wednesday, they officially became classified as “emergency responders” under Senate Bill 40, which was signed into law by Gov. Laura Kelly.
The bill, which reforms to the Kansas Emergency Management Act, was passed March 16 in a bipartisan vote of 31-8…
SNOW HILL – Increases in proposed public safety and emergency services spending highlighted a Worcester County budget work session.
The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday met with department leaders to begin reviewing the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget. General fund revenues for the coming year are estimated at $211 million while proposed expenditures total $219 million…
AT&T has added a new cell tower to enhance Coon Rapids’ 4G LTE coverage.
As part of its network enhancements, the company says it is bringing Band 14 to the area. Band 14 is a nationwide, high-quality spectrum set aside by the government for the public safety communications platform called FirstNet. In an emergency, this band can be cleared and locked just for FirstNet subscribers.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. – The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) today officially activated the county’s new public safety communications system. The new 800-megahertz P25 digital communications system replaces the county’s 25-year-old system to provide enhanced radio coverage and interoperability for the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, fire departments, rescue squads and county government agencies…
