At the March board of supervisors meeting, the board unanimously voted to recognize the week of April 9 to April 16 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Public Safety Telecommunicators serve as the central hub for law enforcement, firefighters and...

An organization that runs a county-wide law enforcement radio system is working to fill in a “dead spot” in the Palo Alto foothills that could hinder officers’ ability to call for help when they’re in the area. The dead spot remained after the Silicon Valley Regional...

Pike County’s citizens may not be aware that all E-911 dispatch has been consolidated at one central location. David Morgan, executive director of the Pike County Communication District, said the change occurred in the fall of last year. All E-911 dispatch for the...

The Missouri National Emergency Numbering Association (NENA) organization, the Missouri Association of Public Safety Communication (APCO) organization and the Missouri 911 Directors Association banded together to honor Mike Phillips, Barry County Emergency Services...

The city of Longview is targeting replacement of its 20-year-old public safety communications system. Members of the city's purchasing department opened sealed proposals this week from nine vendors. City spokesman Shawn Hara said the requests for proposal were looked...

Redwood City — County of San Mateo has adopted the Simplicity app, a new mobile communication channel that directly connects with residents by delivering important announcements and events directly to the user’s phone. The free app doesn’t require residents to create...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - The Cimarron Hills Fire Department earned a “Class 2 Public Protection Classification” rating from the Insurance Services Office, meaning a lot of home and business owners within their protection district will have decreased...

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Slowly but surely, the Communications Center is filling the dispatcher holes. The St. Joseph Police Department hired six new communications operators in January but is still looking to hire two more. Captain John Olszowka says it is...

When it comes to emergency response, time is of the essence, and KITTCOM recently rolled out advanced technology that helps shave precious time off their responses to calls for help. The technology rolled out by the agency is designed to hone in on the location of...

Bayham council discussed the following during a Thursday, March 3 meeting: Councillors gave the go ahead for the $11,935 purchase of a new HVAC system for the Straffordville Library. The budgeted item was to replace the 30-year-old existing system. Following the...

Axon announced that the Fresno Police Department, a Major City Chiefs Association member, is now live on Axon Dispatch, a computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) platform built on modern cloud technologies. Fresno PD benefits from Axon's suite of innovative technology...

National Telecommunicator Week is the second week in April. This week is set aside each year to celebrate and recognize all telecommunicator/dispatchers. There are presently 14 dispatchers at Texas County 9-1-1. These dedicated men and women are members of your...

The Louisville Metro Police Department responded to questions and concerns Tuesday about its decision to move to an encrypted communication system that would delay police radio communications broadcast on police scanners."We don't want to impede on people having...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, MN — A Washington County 911 telecommunicator who answered as a Wisconsin mother was giving birth in her car in Woodbury last week is being lauded by the county's sheriff. Vicki Herrmann picked up the phone when Baily Bieniek-Phelps and her husband,...

CANTON – Dial 911 on your cellphone in Canton earlier this month and you'd talk to a second dispatcher before police or firefighters could head your way. Cellphone-placed emergency calls in the city were answered by Stark County dispatchers...

NORTH GEORGETOWN – Several fire departments recently upgraded their communication systems after receiving a roughly $900,000 regional grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. North Georgetown, Sebring, Beloit, Damascus and Homeworth fire departments will...

he Owensboro-Daviess County 911 Oversight Board has approved a plan that will cut out significant time between when an alarm goes off and the time a first responder is dispatched, said Paul Nave, director of the dispatch center. He said the new ASAP to PSAP program...

Fayette County hopes to use American Rescue Plan funds and grant money to upgrade the radio system used by the sheriff to dispatch emergency services. The Board of Supervisors and the Fayette County E911 Commission met in joint session at the courthouse last week to...