Skagit 911 is preparing to ask voters to approve a sales tax increase in the November election.
The proposed 0.1% sales tax increase would generate an estimated $3.9 million for the county’s emergency dispatch center, which Skagit 911 leadership says will fund technology upgrades, improved radio coverage and possibly a new facility.
Emergency dispatch is the public’s first interaction with the 911 system, but currently has outdated equipment and fewer staff than it needs, said Liz Loomis, a consultant hired by the Skagit 911 Board of Directors to lead the campaign for the tax increase…
Emily Sparks works at her station during her shift at the Hancock County 911 Center. Officials with the county 911 center reported over 79,000 calls to the center in 2021 with over 31,000 being 911 emergency calls, a new county call record. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.
HANCOCK COUNTY — They handle the most serious and stressful calls in the county and, according to statistics, local 911 dispatchers are doing so at one of the highest rates over the past several years.
Hancock County 911 processed over 79,000 phone calls in 2021, including 31,000 different 911 emergency calls, a new county high compared to the 26,000 they had in 2020…
Three members of the Emergency Communications Team were nominated for a Teamwork award with the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials (APCO) Canada for an event that occurred in 2019. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 awards were delayed until the Fall of 2021.
On May 29, 2019 at 2242hrs, aka 10:42 p.m., a “run of the mill” phone call came into the Emergency Communications Centre, but quickly turned into a major emergent situation with a rural police officer having been stabbed multiple times…
The Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps is looking to switch its emergency dispatch provider from the Riverhead Police Department to Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services.
The town police department is understaffed and cannot provide the level of service Suffolk County FRES can provide, ambulance corps officials said.
“Ultimately it’s not allowing us to provide best service we can provide to residents,” RVAC Chief Mike Caron said in an interview today…
Dickinson County 911 moved into its renovated emergency communications center in the basement of the courthouse Tuesday, Jan. 25.
The process took a little over 10 hours to complete, beginning just after 8 a.m. and finishing around 6:30 p.m., according to 911 Emergency Communications Director Emily Nichols.
“Dickinson County Highway Department staff were a huge help moving all of our heavy things downstairs,” Nichols said. “The county’s IT staff — who worked for weeks getting things prepared for the move — worked all day to get the wiring ran for all of our computers… READ MORE
FLINT TWP, Mich. (WJRT) – Officers and 911 dispatchers have been having a busy snow day with non stop calls coming in after receiving hundreds of reports of crashes across the county.
The Genesee County 911 dispatch center says many of the accidents come from slick road conditions.
Dispatcher Jessica Young says she’s been taking calls since 7 a.m. Each call she receives is a different type of accident based on the area that plows have been able to get it.
“Probably within an hour upwards of 100 calls, but it’s just the difference of types of calls,” Young said. “Obviously it’s more crashes when we get a storm like this but we get crashes when there’s only an inch of snow too. It just depends on how seriously everyone takes it…
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