It appears that there is a national 9-1-1 outage. The Steele and Rice County announced earlier tonight that due to 9-1-1 being down in the county the number to dial in an emergency is 507-451-5685 for emergencies.
The Minneapolis Police Department tweeted that it was a nationwide outage…
Last week, at the NENA Ignite Conference, a staffer from the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau reported that all but three states have provided information for their annual 911 fee report. The report is required by the “New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008.” At this week’s Open Meeting, the Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry focused on the effects of fee diversion and the most effective ways to dissuade states and jurisdictions from diverting 911 fees. As part of the NOI, the Commission will seek comment on whether improvements can be made to the annual 911 fee data collection… READ MORE
Earlier this year, the department’s Emergency Communications Center was certified as a secondary public-safety answering point, or PSAP, by the Federal Communications Commission. Loudoun County is considered a primary PSAP. Such designation required some technological infrastructure improvements for the department. As of last week, the Leesburg Police Department has upgraded its call handling equipment through Intrado… READ MORE
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY — Joe Hester and Chelsey Jordan Baumann are being remembered by first responders in Champaign County for their dedication to serving the community and willingness to help others.
The couple died in a motorcycle accident in Huber Heights on Thursday.
Baumann was a 911 dispatcher for the Champaign Countywide Communications Center and Hester was a firefighter with the Urbana Fire Division… READ MORE
Transferring dispatch services from the Communications Center in Meeker to the Colorado State Patrol’s (CSP) regional call center in Craig won’t be as easy as simply signing a contract and pushing a button, RBC Commissioners learned Tuesday in a work session with Jeff Davis, director of CSP’s communications branch; Elaine Moe, Craig Regional Center director and the deputy director of the Craig center. The Craig call center currently serves 12 different entities… READ MORE
