READING, Pa. – The Reading Police Department’s communications center will move back to City Hall on Friday.
The center will open at 3 p.m., according to RPD officials, who said that anyone who needs to file a police report or discuss other business can do so by entering the vestibule on the North Eighth Street side of the building.
The communications center closed in March for renovations… READ MORE
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — For any 911 call center, every second counts.
A speedy response could be the difference between life and death. And with most of the country in a state of emergency, first responders are more critical now than ever.
In Spokane County, that responsibility currently falls to an organization called Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC. Within city limits, it falls to the Combined Communications Center… READ MORE
The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management is reporting a rise in the amount of 911 medical calls being made during the Covid-19 pandemic but EMS calls are seeing a decline.
The NJ-OEM said that the other 109 PSAP’s reported their call volume being much lower, somewhat lower or the same and many of the PSAP’s reported overall call volume is down but EMS and administrative calls are higher.
If you have symptoms, think you have symptoms or have any questions related to the Coronavirus, do not call 9-1-1… READ MORE
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (WDVM)– The old Morgan County Sheriff’s station is getting renovated to a new state of the art 911 Emergency Communication Center.
“We realized we had a critical, and I mean critical need in Morgan County for a new Emergency Communications Center, the one we have is basically deteriorating,” said Morgan County Sheriff K.C. Bohrer. “The systems were so old that we felt there were days it would fail and not have a dispatch center… READ MORE
The City of Owensboro approved municipal orders Tuesday to apply for a grant that would go toward a new console for 911 dispatchers, as well as a grant that will fund public art mural downtown.
The $130,000 competitive grant for console furniture for 911 dispatchers in the Owensboro-Daviess County Centralized 911 Communications Center, and it is offered through the Kentucky 911 Service Boards… READ MORE
