The N.C. 911 Board awarded $21.028 million in grants at its Aug. 23 meeting that will benefit 14 public safety answering points (PSAPs) that handle 911 calls on behalf of North Carolina’s communities.
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent Federal agency overseen by Congress that regulates interstate and international communications by radio, TV, wire, satellite, and cable throughout the United States. The five-member commission is responsible for implementing and enforcing communications law and regulation.
On Tuesday Norman fire, police, and EMS services unveiled a new emergency communications center in east Norman.
This state-of-the-art facility has been 10 years in the making and will become the new nerve center for Norman emergency services. “It’s an active service,” dispatcher Carolyn Glover said. “It’s to help people.”
Today, Councilmembers and public safety officials celebrated improvements to the City of Philadelphia’s 9-1-1 system. These changes follow Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s hearing on PPD’s 9-1-1 Call Center.
The Nebraska Public Service Commissions 911 Service System Advisory Committee at their August 14 meeting recommended that Richardson County not connect to the 911 service system as a secondary communication center at this time.
Richardson County had requested the Richardson County Sheriff’s Office be allowed to create a secondary Public Service Answering Point for 911 calls.
DC’s dispatch system has had 18 disruptions since December. One of those outages coincided with the death of a 5-month-old baby whose family said their first 911 call was not answered
