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
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After the deadliest year of homicides in more than 25 years in St. Paul, police there are changing the way they respond to certain kinds of emergency calls.
The Emergency Communications Center will no longer send officers to low priority incidents. It’s part of an ongoing effort to make sure officers are available to respond to higher priority crimes… READ MORE
CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) – Two bills making their way through the Iowa state House and Senate would reclassify 911 dispatchers as first responders in Iowa. Federally, 911 emergency dispatchers are classified as clerical workers.
“We are the first line of communication for people experiencing an emergency. We’re providing those first-aid instructions, we’re providing instructions if someone’s house is on fire, we are the critical link to help save lives and help save property,” Eric Dau, Director of the Clinton County 911 Communications Center… READ MORE
KILLINGLY – State police are searching for the driver of truck who damaged sections of the Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications Center’s recently upgraded parking lot this week.
Troopers on Sunday were called to the 1249 Hartford Pike, East Killingly, home of the emergency dispatch center for a vandalism report. State police said a late 1990s Ford F150 or similar type truck drove into the center’s parking lot and began driving recklessly, doing burnouts and doughnuts… READ MORE
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will look at an ordinance at their meeting on Tuesday that would cover the cost of funding three new borough dispatch positions. The total cost according to the ordinance would be approximately $345,000 on an annual basis.
In a memo to the assembly from Borough Finance Director Brandi Harbaugh, funds are needed to reimburse the borough’s E911 division for the overtime costs it has
incurred and to fund three new positions to fill the vacancies left unfilled by the state.
