GEORGETOWN — Sussex County’s front lines of emergency services will be front and center for the public to see and better understand later this week.
The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center will host its 20th annual 9-1-1 Awareness Day, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday to give the public a behind-the-scenes look at how the facility and first responders serve the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The free event will….
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Starting pay is $19.34/hr.
Black Hawk Consolidated Communications (E911) Center is seeking calm, caring persons who can thrive in a high stress atmosphere. Apply online, and take the 2-hour dispatcher exam for the position of Civilian Police, Fire and EMS Dispatcher. The exam will be held TUES., OCT. 22, 2019 at 6:00PM in the Cedar Falls Public Safety building at 4600 S Main St., Cedar Falls, IA. Must arrive 30 minutes early to register with photo I.D. and the $10 exam fee (cash or money order only) is due at that time. Those who pass the exam must also pass a keyboard exam at Iowa Workforce Development Center by typing a minimum 30 wpm net. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon passing a physical drug screen. Apply by Sat., Oct. 19, 2019 at 11:59pm. A complete job description, instructions, and application available at http://www.co.black-hawk.ia.us/316/Job-Openings.
Black Hawk County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
ALLEGHENY CO., Pa. – An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher has been suspended after he was charged with assaulting his 2-month-old son.
Michael Koban, 34, is facing charges of….
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced local emergency call centers can apply for grants to upgrade to Next Generation 911 (NG 9-1-1) technology. The funding is made possible by a $4.3 million grant from the federal 911 Grant Program.
“These funds will help expand Ohio’s 911 capabilities to keep up with today’s technology,” Governor DeWine said. “By transmitting better information and more accurate locations, Next Generation 911 helps our first responders better assist Ohioans in need.”
NG 9-1-1 is an Internet Protocol-based system that enables….
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County is on the receiving end of a $1 million state grant to help pay for much-needed upgrades to its 911 radio system.
While the announcement is considered good news, it’s a drop in the bucket considering the total cost of those upgrades. The overall project will cost around $20 million. County officials tell Eyewitness News at this point, every dollar counts.
“We got $1 million. $1 million more than we had yesterday. We take these little steps to move us forward,” Luzerne County Manager Dave Pedri said.
Pedri keeps it all in perspective but he knows….
STRASBURG, Colo. — When a 911 call came in about a rollover crash on a rural road in Adams County in August, dispatchers initially believed the crash happened about 16 miles away from the actual location.
In the call, initiated by one of the victims of the crash, he sounds confused about where he is. He hands the phone to a woman who identified herself as “Debbie” and witnessed the crash about a minute into the call.
“We’re at 5401 Calhoun Byers road,” Debbie tells the Metcom dispatcher, saying she identified the address from a mailbox of a home along that road.
The computer had plotted….
