St. Francois County Joint Communications Center can now rely on a stable stream of funding, as voters determined 3,294 votes to 607, or 84% of the vote, to make permanent the 3/8-cent sales tax they last approved in 2014.
The tax annually generates about $3 million for round-the-clock, emergency 911 dispatch services serving St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties…
TUCSON (KVOA) – Several agencies came together Tuesday evening to put on a Public Safety Career Fair.
Tucson Police Department, Tucson Fire Department and officials with public safety communications are all looking to fill positions.
Officials from each department will be present to walk attendees through the application process and the hiring timeline…
Construction workers have found two people living in a man-made cave in a California city.The laborers in Vallejo, about 30 miles from San Francisco, were excavating the site of an old bridge when they heard voices coming from a nearby embankment. The workers called law enforcement and the fire department, fearing someone was injured. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “dozens of police, firefighters and rescue workers from Vallejo and nearby agencies converged on the bridge at Sacramento Street and Farragut Avenue.” Law enforcement found a 20-foot long, three-foot high, man-made cave with two people inside…
TUCSON (KVOA) – The Tucson Police Department, Tucson Fire and Public Safety Communications are hosting a Public Safety Career Fair on Tuesday to answer any questions you may have about what its like to work in the field.
It’s happening from 4 to 7 p.m. at the West Side Police Service Center on Miracle Mile.
Officials from each department will be present to walk you through the application process and the hiring timeline...
Throughout the COVID crisis, Colorado and Estes Park 911 professionals have been there for us, 24/7. They have prioritized our health and safety over their own by continuing to work in close quarters, often without access to vital personal protective equipment. They have dealt with constantly changing emergency-response protocols and surges in calls about domestic violence, mental-health crises, and serious at-home illnesses. They have navigated quarantine-induced staffing shortages and, in most communities, no ability to work from home. Like other first responders, they have sacrificed and persevered so that when anyone dials 9-1-1, someone is there to help… READ MORE
RICHMOND, Ind. — Wayne County was about 25 years ahead of its time when it began a combined 911 system during the 1990s.
Indiana now requires combined county 911 systems, and Matthew Cain, the director of Wayne County’s Emergency Management Agency and Emergency Communications Center, said he’s seen contemporaries struggle with the change. Previously, individual agencies would dispatch their own calls… READ MORE
