The Dallas Police and Fire-Rescue departments are the latest in a growing number of U.S. public safety agencies to start using what3words, a geocoding technology that uses unique sequences of three random dictionary words to reference locations of emergency scenes and personnel.
“Many of us wanted to help, but didn’t know what to do. That’s when I decided to seek a way to help others.”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Oct. 1 marked five years since the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting in Las Vegas left 60 people dead. Marissa Wittman relives it every day.
Richmond Community College announced it will be creating a 911 Telecommunications program that will provide a pathway for individuals who are interested in starting a career in this field, as well as providing skills enhancement for those already working as 911 telecommunicators.
The program will be unique to RichmondCC, as it is not currently offered anywhere else in North Carolina.
Revelations from an internal union audit last month that found financial mismanagement at Local 1549 at District Council 37 have buoyed efforts among 911 dispatchers and operators to secede from the local and pursue other options within DC 37, THE CITY has learned.
Among the options workers are exploring: Creating a new DC 37 local for the city’s 1,600 911 dispatchers, or to align themselves with another DC 37 local representing first responders.
MADISON, Wis. — Across Wisconsin, 911 dispatch shortages continue, but an outgoing Dane County leader is making sure he leaves as a trailblazer, by building up a new pilot program.
The manager wrote a memo to police Chief Shawny Williams proposing to outsource police and fire dispatch services to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.
