An AT&T outage related to the explosion in Nashville Christmas morning is causing issues with calling 911 from cellular phones in much of Middle Tennessee, including DeKalb County.
Due to the outage, anyone with an emergency needing to call 911 is urged to use a landline rather than a cell phone or call the DeKalb Central Dispatch non-emergency line at 615-215-3000 until further notice… READ MORE
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The Bowling Green police department announced Friday afternoon that wide-spread issues were being experienced with 911 service.
Officials said callers who do not get an answer should dial 270-392-1559 or 270-393-4410. Authorities said 911 was working, but slowly… READ MORE
Nanaimo Fire Rescue’s chief Karen Fry has been awarded the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal.
The medal, presented by Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog and city chief administrator Jake Rudolph at Monday’s city council meeting, is a federal award honouring members of Canada’s fire service who have completed 20 years of service, at least 10 years of which were served performing duties that involved potential risks.
Fry started her career in the fire service in Nanaimo in 1999 as a fire dispatcher and later took a position with the City of Surrey where she became a deputy fire chief… READ MORE
The Conway Police Department (CPD) awarded several honors to staff members on Dec. 16 through the department’s Facebook page. While the awards would have normally been announced at CPD’s annual Christmas party, due to COVID-19, the department announced the honors through social media.
CPD 911 dispatcher Brandi Bell was awarded the department’s Telecommunicator of the Year honor. Per the department, Bell’s passion for her job sets her apart… READ MORE
Grey County staff are set to negotiate a new contract for Owen Sound Police Services to continue 9-1-1 call centre services for all emergency calls made throughout Grey County. Grey County Council made the recommendation at their final meeting of 2020.
A report to council stated they have received excellent service to date. Owen Sound Police Services (OSPS) has been a leader in making required upgrades so systems meet Next Generation 911
capabilities and decommission existing services… READ MORE
