AT&T installs tower in Rauchtown (PA)

RAUCHTOWN — After approximately a year of working with Crawford Township Supervisors to insall a tower within the township AT&T customers and FirstNet subscribers in Rauchtown got a big boost in wireless connectivity.

AT&T added a new cell tower to enhance the area’s 4G LTE coverage and help give residents and first responders faster, more reliable wireless service. The investment will help customers get the most out of their mobile devices… READ MORE

Hearing the call: MACC Dispatch is the hub of first response (WA)

MOSES LAKE — “I can’t understand you when you yell into the phone, I need you to breathe,” a dispatcher at the Multi Agency Communications Center, also known as MACC Dispatch, says calmly into the receiver.

A caller, breathless, has just dialed 911 to report a violent family member. Unlike in the movies, the dispatcher’s first question isn’t “what’s your emergency,” but instead “what’s your address… READ MORE

911 Dispatcher (CO)

Summit County 911 Center in Frisco, Colorado accepts applications on an ongoing basis for regular full-time professional 911 Dispatchers.

SC 911 Center offers an exciting opportunity for a career in 911 dispatching where you may be an integral part of a high performing team that assesses emergency calls and dispatches police, fire, ambulance, and rescue responders.

SC 911 Center is looking for flexible, multi-task oriented, team members…

Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield upgrades 911 call center, enables victims to text for help (GA)

Reaching a new milestone in an ongoing effort to modernize the 911 call center serving Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, these military installations are the first nationwide that can provide emergency assistance through text messages.

According to Benjamin Collins, the 911 operations manager at Fort Stewart’s emergency communications center that also serves Hunter Army Airfield, the addition of Text-to-911 technology at the installations could prove crucial in… READ MORE