911 calls can sometimes be rerouted if a person is using a cellphone and if they live in a jurisdiction that overlaps with another.
Ralph Miller, a retired Hamilton County school teacher, and administrator, has continued to advocate for safety.
Miller lives in Hurricane Creek Estates which sits in on the Georgia-Tennessee line… READ MORE
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – The Mountain Valley Emergency Communications Center (MVECC), as it does annually, presented several awards to its team members during ‘National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week’, which occurs during the second week of April each year and honors and celebrates the work of the nation’s emergency communications professionals.
The MVECC is the regional public safety answering point serving the communities of Summit, New Providence and Millburn… READ MORE
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 11-17, the Navajo Police Department districts celebrated and recognized their Public Safety Telecommunications Operators (PSTO) and critical support staff who answer, process, and dispatch critical calls of service for the Navajo Division of Public Safety.
On average, the seven police communication centers receive about 332,060 calls for service. The department has 56 authorized PSTO positions with each PSTO personally taking on an average of 5,930 calls over the course of a year. Each communication center has eight funded positions with at least two PTSO on duty at a given time… READ MORE
At its Open Meeting on April 22, the FCC adopted a Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on proposed rules changes to 911 outage reporting. The proposed rules aim to help 911 call centers maintain emergency services and inform the public when to use alternatives to calling 911… READ MORE
Two employees of Aiken County’s Emergency Medical Services Department are among the Palmetto State’s finest.
Shona Rich was honored as the South Carolina Emergency Medical Technician of the Year last month during the 2021 South Carolina Emergency Care Symposium at Myrtle Beach. Awards also were given out in other categories such as Paramedic of the Year and EMS Telecommunicator of the Year… READ MORE
