Brazos County 911 is asking rural residents to submit specific property information to reduce response time in case of an emergency.
Residents living in rural areas often have gates and/or long, complex driveways.
Captain Rick Wagner, of the District 2 Volunteer Fire Department, says valuable time can be lost when first responders are trying to access the property. He recalls responding to a grass fire last year…
On June 7, 2021, a virtual site-based assessment team from the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), will be examining various aspects of Chatcomm 911/IXP, as it pertains to policies, procedures, management, and operations. Verification by the team that Chatcomm 911/IXP meets the Commission’s state-of-the-art standards is part of a voluntary process to gain accreditation and reaccreditation. This is a prestigious recognition of public safety emergency communications professional excellence.
The Chattahoochee River 911 Authority (ChatComm) is seeking re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), Communications Accreditation…
BOZEMAN — Gallatin County 911 announced another tool for citizens and visitors to reach dispatchers during emergencies – Text to 911 is now available in Gallatin County.
Officials urge the community to always call 911 when possible, but to use this service when that is not feasible. The ability to text message dispatchers will be beneficial in many situations.
Text to 911 provides deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired communities direct access to 911 services. It also provides access to 911 in situations where safety would be compromised if a caller were speaking out loud, such as domestic violence, home invasions, or active shootings, for example…
The Iredell County Emergency Communications Center is the 87th Emergency Communications Center in the United States and the 10th Emergency Communications Center in North Carolina to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) program. Iredell County went live with the ASAP to PSAP program at 8:30 a.m. on May 20 receiving burglar alarm, fire alarm, and medical alarm calls direct through automated services with many of the area alarm company providers… READ MORE
Starting Tuesday, some 911 calls involving individuals in mental distress, who are not armed and do not pose a safety threat, will be routed to counselors at the city’s Department of Behavioral Health.
“We will screen those calls, of course, to ensure there are no safety issues or any threat to the patient or anyone else,” said Cleo Subido, director of the Office of Unified Communications…
FALLS CITY – Richardson County commissioners may have found their answer to 911 dispatching dilemmas with the Southeast Communications 911 Center.
Commissioners expressed interest Tuesday in joining the 911 dispatching center in Beatrice to improve service and spread out the cost of upgrading to the next generation 911.
Commissioner John Caverzagie said Tuesday that negotiations with the Falls City City Council have stalled, but Sheriff Rick Hardesty continues to push for the elimination of the current process of calls going to the police station and then being transferred if the emergency is outside of city limits…31
