Gahanna public-safety officials recently launched a free service that is expected to save time during emergencies.
The city of Gahanna on March 3 announced that Smart911, a service allowing individuals and families to subscribe to provide important information to 911, is available… READ MORE
SPRING HILL, TN (WSMV) – A Williamson County emergency dispatcher had an exciting day at work when she helped a couple deliver a baby over the phone.
Dispatcher Taylor Kinney received a call from a man who said his pregnant wife had gone into labor at their home, Williamson County EMA said.
Kinney dispatched medics, police and fire to the couple’s home and provided the husband with delivery instructions from the dispatch center guide cards…
The Central Coast’s Public Safety Network has been expanded, with the construction of a new radio site at Mount Elliot now complete.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the new radio tower was delivered by the NSW Telco Authority and is vital to ongoing community safety.
“Alongside Australia’s triple zero emergency hotline, the Public Safety Network is the most critical communications network in our State,” Crouch said…
Today, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced the LIFT America Act, an infrastructure bill that includes $15 billion for the deployment and implementation of Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) throughout the country. The NG9-1-1 provisions (section 15001) adhere to principles established by APCO and its partners in the Public Safety Next Generation 9-1-1 Coalition, a broad group of national public safety organizations representing law enforcement, fire, EMS, and 9-1-1…
WARSAW, Ky. (WKRC) – Gallatin County may be Kentucky’s smallest, but it has its share of challenges for 911 dispatchers.
I-71 runs through it and the county butts up against the Ohio River.
“Interstate 71 has around 12,000 collisions a year, and there’s a lot of other issues that happen along the interstate. And a lot of those people aren’t from Gallatin County, so when they call 911, they don’t know where they are,” Gallatin County Public Safety Communications Center Systems Administrator Ryan Bailey said… READ MORE
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Transportation gave WCIA 3 News a look inside its new communications center at Station One.
The focal point of the new center is a video wall that will allow operators to track the locations of IDOT snow and ice and emergency patrol vehicles on the roads.
Staff will also be able to monitor road conditions, including flooding, and work with teams in the fields… READ MORE
