GRATIOT COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) – Gratiot County Central Dispatch is using a new tool to help locate 911 callers faster and easier.
The county is adopting the what3words system to find people who may not know their exact location when the call 911 for help. The international system has divided all of the Earth’s surface into 10-foot squares and assigned each a combination of three words for an address…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A text to 911 is handled a lot like a 911 emergency call, said Tony Mangan of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
Mangan, the communications director for the DPS, said “9-1-1 texts will route based upon geographic location and pre-established boundaries, similar to how voice calls to 9-1-1 are routed”…
A Brooklyn mother welcomed her newborn son inside their apartment with a hand — four, actually — from two NYPD officers, with all involved left a bit stunned by the unexpected arrival. Little Kanan Mckoy weighed in at 7 pounds, 12½ ounces after his healthy Friday morning debut in Bensonhurst.
The partners, the first two responders on the scene, were soon taking directions from an FDNY dispatcher as Kanan made his memorable entrance… READ MORE
CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) – On Saturday, the community said goodbye to a Canfield man who served there as a dispatcher for the Ohio State Highway Patrol for the last 13 years.
Anthony T.J. D’Apolito died early Wednesday morning after an apparent heart attack while he was working… READ MORE
Lewis County now has an Office of Emergency Management/E-911 director. James Gum accepted the position, and Keith Talbert has accepted the position of assistant director. The position of director had been vacant since the passing of William Rowan in 2020. Rowan had been director since 1984.
Gum was hired in 1992 as a telecommunicator and recalled one of his first experiences: moving into the building that houses emergency management and Lewis County dispatch…
FAIRFIELD — A firm has been selected to create the emergency communications center for Fairfield and Westport and the lease with Sacred Heart University to house it there has been amended, moving the project closer to reality.
Officials selected PAC Group, based in Torrington, to fit out and renovate the space for about $1.37 million. The firm was the lowest of six bidders, said Gerald Foley, Fairfield’s purchasing director… READ MORE
