WFSB) – Issues with Verizon customers calling 911 have been repaired.
Waterbury police posted on Friday morning that Verizon customers trying to reach them via 911 had connectivity difficulties.
“Please stay safe and aware of this,” Waterbury police said… READ MORE
The North Bay Police Service continues to try and cope with a frustrating trend that hampers many emergency services; that’s 9-1-1 hangup calls.
“On an average day we receive 10 to 15 9-1-1 hang-ups,” admitted Scott Tod, North Bay’s Police Chief.
Tod says despite those hangup 9-1-1 calls, the police and emergency services cannot just assume it was just someone hitting the wrong button on their phone… READ MORE
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…
