In the first year of a Ramsey County initiative aimed at better responding to mental health related 911 calls, the number of calls transferred to professionals trained in such crises, in place of dispatching traditional first responders, nearly doubled, according to data released on Tuesday.
An emergency service provider in West Des Moines said the statewide telecommunications outage Thursday that impacted internet and landline phones services was unavoidable — and they might not be able to prevent it from happening again.
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) — The Charleston County Consolidated Emergency Communications Center is one step closer to grand funding to improve violence prevention.
The 911 Governing Board, which oversees the Barren-Metcalfe Emergency Communications Center, convened on Tuesday to discuss critical issues affecting the center’s operations. The meeting, held at the communications center in Glasgow, featured a review of the proposed 2024-25 budget and a contentious debate over the redrawing of the counties’ interlocal agreement.
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – While firefighters, police officers, rescue squad and other first responders have buffers in between service calls, dispatchers can hang up the phone and be immediately greeted by the next call for service.
