Grays Harbor News Group
Sales taxes across the county will increase by one-tenth of one percent if voters approve the only countywide measure on the November ballot.
The money would be used to improve the radio infrastructure for emergency services throughout the county, including installing new radio towers, that would cost around $8 million, according to an estimate.
Scott Turnbull, elections administrator for the county, said…. Read More
ROCK SPRING, Ga. — In an emergency situation when lives are on the line, seconds can make all the difference.
That’s why Walker County Schools recently invested state school safety funds to enhance its Incident Management System. The school system now is the first in Georgia to fully integrate dynamic mapping of each school, push-button intercom notifications and closed-circuit cameras with the county’s 911 dispatch center.
In the event of a crisis on a school campus in Walker County, dispatchers will be instantly alerted when a lockdown occurs. A lockdown also can be called for …. Read More
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A lead dispatcher with the Corvallis 911 Comm-Center has added another Oregon award to her resume’.
It’s a statewide Dispatcher Life-Saving award to Heidi Ferguson.
In the words of Heidi Ferguson’s 911 boss, she knows what she’s doing. 28 years of experience and know-how paid off hugely this past March when Ferguson took a call from a woman who was trapped…
JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) – Earlier this week it was confirmed Jasper County had a cyber attack on their countywide systems, including email and emergency response systems.
At that time, county officials said 911 and emergency dispatch services were not having any issues as a result of the cyberware attack. Now, that may not be the case.
Some Jasper county residents are worried their safety might be at risk. Three weeks. That was the last time the Hardeeville fire department got a call through their dispatch…
Fortuna Police are warning area residents of a phone scam alleging to be a call from the Social Security Administration.
The caller apparently is spoofing phone numbers, making it appear that the calls are legitimate, when they in fact are not, according to police.
Spoofing is when a legitimate number appears in the victim’s caller ID, but the originating call is not from who they claim it is from.
From reports that FPD has received, the individual calls the targeted victim claiming…
DUKES COUNTY – Due to high, damaging winds and adverse weather conditions, the Dukes County Regional Emergency Communication Center lost power in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 17th. Lights may have gone dark in the center, but dispatchers never lost the ability to communicate with the public, Police, Fire and EMS. With support from Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office and through the use of the Martha’s Vineyard Law Enforcement Council Mobile Command Unit, the Emergency 911 line for Dukes County stayed up throughout the night, fielding reports of live wires, downed trees, pole fires, flooding and more.
“We lost power, but we never lost communication.” Sheriff Ogden stated. When power went….
