Next-generation 911 with the resilience of a modern, digital, Internet protocol-based network was essential to North Carolina’s storm response. It enabled officials to answer nearly 90,000 emergency calls in three days.
The North Carolina Department of Information Technology‘s (NCDIT) NG911 system — powered by AT&T’s ESInet™ — ensured emergency calls were rerouted to unaffected areas when help was needed.
Donna Lane, a 911 dispatcher at the Southold Police Department is being credited with saving a family of five whose Mattituck home was on fire.
CASPER, Wyo. —Though operated by the city of Casper, law enforcement and emergency agencies countywide are dispatched through the Natrona County Public Safety Communications Center (PSCC). In 2023, telecommunications specialists at the PSCC handled over 29,600 calls to 911, according to the Casper Police Department.
During times of emergency, your first instinct is to probably pick up the phone and call 911.
But as Huntsville’s population continues to grow, those emergency calls also grow. This growth has caused a shortage of dispatchers for the Huntsville Police Department.
To combat that shortage, they’ve ramped up recruiting efforts in the past year. Officials told WAFF 48 that those efforts are finally starting to pay off.
STANSBURY PARK — The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office is under fire after a major failure during an incident with someone allegedly firing a gun in a neighborhood in September.
