In Mineral County, 9-1-1 dispatchers are now recognized as first responders, the same as firefighters, police officers and emergency medical services workers. The recognition was bestowed upon the dispatchers by the Mineral County Commission.
“They make so many sacrifices and deserve this classification,” Luke McKenzie, director of Mineral County Emergency Services, said… READ MORE
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department switched from the analog system to digital in December, while the Fayetteville Police Department and Petersburg Police Department made the move just weeks ago, said B.J. McCurry, director of the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Emergency Communications Center.
[…] The cost of the new digital system amounted to approximately $270,000 for the E911 Board, which oversees the FLC Emergency Communications Center. Additionally, the Lincoln County Commission … READ MORE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An analysis shows that Albuquerque police are taking 93% longer to respond to 911 calls from nine years ago.
KOAT-TV reports an examination on the Albuquerque Police Department’s response times shows officers now take an average of 48 minutes to arrive to a scene. That’s a 23-minute jump from 2011.
Albuquerque Emergency Communications Center manager Erika Wilson says police are during… READ MORE
CANANDAIGUA — “Ontario County 911, what is the location of the emergency?”
Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson and Steve DeChick, the county’s chief communications officer, said the answer to that question is a most important piece of the 911/public safety puzzle.
“Without it, no help can be sent,” Henderson said. “However, with a location, even if all other pertinent information is unknown initially… READ MORE
By later this year, emergency calls in a four-town area that includes Foxboro, Mansfield, Norton, and Easton will be heading to one central location, leading to faster and more coordinated response times from police and firefighters.
Work is progressing at a steady pace to open a regional public safety communications center in Foxboro that will be known as Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communications Center… READ MORE
