Mad River Twp. trustees have voted in favor of joining Clark County’s new 9-1-1 dispatch center.
The agreement will take effect on Dec. 1, Mad River Twp. Trustee President Bob McClure said, and it will apply to the Mad River Township (Enon) Fire and EMS department… READ MORE
For as long as 45 minutes on Sept. 28, parts of Yavapai County — including the Verde Valley — were without 911 service.
While investigators are looking into the cause of the outage, which impacted several other states, Yavapai County and other law enforcement agencies have implemented a new program that will ensure that even if 911 goes out, those seeking assistance in an emergency will still be able to do so… READ MORE
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center has established a Tele-communicator Emergency Response Team for the first time in agency history.
The T.E.R.T program allows for public safety telecommunicators to offer mutual-aid to other communications centers during or after a natural or man-made disaster… READ MORE
Guernsey County took a big step forward in emergency services on Sept. 30 by joining 20 other counties in Ohio to deploy Text to 9-1-1.
The Guernsey County 911 coordinator notified the Ohio 911 Program Office and Federal Communications Commission of the status two days earlier and Ohio acknowledged the status when they updated their website.
Guernsey County is the first county in southeast Ohio to go live with Text to 9-1-1… READ MORE
BRANCH COUNTY — IXP Public Safety Service Corporation staff member Kevin Keams was in Branch County this week beginning interviews under the contract signed Oct. 1 with the county commission to review 911 operations.
Under the contract, IXP is billing the county $250 per hour plus expenses for Keams. Some on the 911 board expressed concern the county is looking for IXP to take over management and operations of the 911 Central Dispatch after the retirement of director Kurt Spalding… READ MORE
