The Rock County Board of Supervisors passes a resolution declaring April 10th through the 16th Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Supervisor Mary Beaver says she’s visited the Rock County 911 Communications Center many times. Rock County 911 Communications Center...

April 10th through April 16th, 2022 is National Telecommunications Week. The Ridgefield Police Department would like to take a moment to recognize our dispatchers, for all they do. When you dial 911, these are the people behind the voices you hear. Many times, they’re...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Sunday, April 10 marks the first day of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week 2022. According to National Today, the event is observed every second week in April and is meant to recognize telecommunicators who help save millions of lives...

Magee Police Department would like to be the first to extend our appreciation to the telecommunicators who are on our staff and around our community and state. This is a special week to give thanks to a special group of people in our dispatch centers. They are there...

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — According to the Louisiana State Police Facebook page, April 10th through the 16th is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. While we appreciate our telecommunicators every day, we would like to highlight their duties and...

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. --  It could be the worst day of someone’s life. The probability that someone calling to report an emergency and request assistance could be experiencing enormous levels of stress and chaos isn’t lost on the Arnold Air Force Base Fire and...

DENVER (KDVR) — On Tuesday, several agencies launched Colorado’s first regional 911 dispatching hub, integrating the computer-aided dispatch systems of Thornton Emergency Communication Center and Adams County Communications Center.  “In the past, what would have...

BISBEE — When an emergency call comes into dispatch office, time can be of the essence particularly with fire and medical calls. Shaving seconds off the time it takes an emergency dispatch service to transfer calls to another dispatcher to notify the appropriate...

Good evening, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board and Ms. Mull. I would like to start with thanking you all for allowing me to speak to you this evening in reference to National 9-1-1 Awareness and Education Month as well as National Telecommunicator Week. To say it...

Lowndes County, Georgia– Lowndes County 911 is celebrating the second full week of April (April 10-16) as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and...

Summit County is planning to spend $75 million on a fiber internet project that will include building a 125-mile fiber optic ring to connect public safety entities in all 31 county communities and help expand internet access for residents and businesses. There are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqojHil1ySY April 10th marks the start of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. It's a time to appreciate the operators who answer 911 calls. Manesa Dhanabalan spent the day with Halton Police Communicators who provided a...

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is April 10-16. Local agencies are showing their appreciation by bringing dispatchers food or other goodies. Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center serves more than 60% of the county, dispatches...

The second full week of April (April 10-16) is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and celebrated annually, honors the thousands of men and women who...

Sheriff Bill Brown and members of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will be celebrating and thanking dispatchers and call-takers during Nation Public Safety Communications Week, April 10-16. Santa Barbara County Sheriff dispatchers and call-takers provide...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - April 14 – 20 is Dispatcher Appreciation Week.  Eglin has its own dispatchers made up of both firefighters and security forces Airmen all under one roof known as the Emergency Communications Center. Their job is to direct all emergency and...

The gateway for access to emergency services is 911. At all hours of the day or night a citizen or visitor to Winchester, Frederick or Clarke County will call 911 to get help from fire-rescue, the sheriff’s office, city or town police, or animal control services. A...

This is a week to celebrate and recognize those who are on the other side of the phone line when we're in trouble. The City of Yakima is celebrating the second full week of April (April 10-16) as National Telecommunicators Week. The week honors the men and women who...

This week is National Telecommunicators Week!  This week is set aside to recognize the 911 dispatchers for their hard work in assisting the public with any type of call that may require law enforcement, EMS or the fire department. Starke County Sheriff’s Department...

LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. - Every year, the 2nd week of April is nationally dedicated to honoring telecommunications personnel in the public safety community. The week-long event, which began in 1981, celebrates and honors those special individuals who chose to serve the...