Three individuals and an entire department were honored for their work this year during the 49th annual Chowan County Emergency Services Appreciation Ceremony.
Held Thursday, Oct. 29, the event is held at American Legion Post 40 in conjunction with National Emergency Services Appreciation Week.
Unlike past years, the event did not include a banquet. It did include socially distanced seating and was steamed live on the Internet… READ MORE
LANCASTER, Wis. (WMTV) – The Grant County Communications Center is in its final stage of moving to their new building.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday the new 911 Center has gone through several years of planning and construction.
The center will move from the old jail building to the new dispatch center in the Community Services Building, according to a news release. Chief Deputy Jack Johnson explained that the project has been challenging because there were so many pieces of technology… READ MORE
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY (OnSachem.com / OnTownMedia.com) — A big change is underway to improve the response time to automated fire and EMS alarms in Suffolk County.
On Wednesday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced the change in how alarm-monitoring companies report to Suffolk County Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services (FRES)… READ MORE
A Massachusetts man who was arrested last month on suspicion of having child pornography recently resigned as a police dispatcher for the town of Lincoln, the department’s chief said Wednesday. Spencer Hughes, of Randolph, resigned from the Lincoln Police Department on Oct. 30, just over two weeks after his arrest,…
FirstNet cell sites have been installed in several locations throughout New Hampshire to improve wireless communications for first responders.
FirstNet is the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform for America’s first responders and the public safety community. It is built with AT&T in a public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority – an independent agency within the federal government…
Welcome to November 2020. The election is finally behind us, Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc in the United States, and the number of wildfires, major storms, and hurricanes continue to make our first responders’ work even more essential. When FirstNet was created in February of 2012, it was a result of the public-safety community having banded together across disciplines. The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) sought and received support from a variety of organizations including Governors, Mayors, and most Land Mobile Radio (LMR) vendors…
