After years of planning and delays, the Athens County 911 Emergency Communications Center and Emergency Management Agency will soon start counting the days until they move into their new shared building in The Plains.
The D.C. Council will consider a bill that would require the city’s emergency call and dispatch agency to release more information about its own errors.
EVERETT, Wash., June 14, 2023—The Snohomish County 911 dispatch center is Washington state’s largest 911 center by volume, area, and population served, handling an average 2,031 incoming calls or texts for emergency service a day – roughly one call every 42 seconds.
Newport News’ dispatch center managers said they have seen a serious rise in mental health-related calls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services and the Department of Public Safety Emergency Communication Networks (ECN) division are revisiting their public-safety communications strategy with the help of consulting and managed services firm Mission Critical Partners (MCP).
Two bills that passed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday would implement fees on phones and other wireless devices to fund the state’s 911 and 988 call centers.
