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...

(Fort McMurray, AB – April 11, 2022) – Regional Emergency Services (RES) joined an elite group having been recognized by The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch® (IAEDTM) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for emergency fire dispatching. The RES...

This week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, honouring the telecommunication personnel dedicating their lives to public safety. "The dispatchers in emergency services are often forgotten about. We are the ones to take the first call with an emergency....

Rebecca Langley - Operations Manager Becky Langley hears it all the time.  “Well, you’re just a dispatcher.” But what exactly is a dispatcher? A 911 dispatcher or Telecommunicator is a highly trained professional and the first point of contact in an emergency. They...

LOCK HAVEN — You don’t know their names, couldn’t recognize their faces while walking down the street. But, if you’ve ever been faced with an emergency, you’ve heard their voices. Clinton County’s 911 dispatchers are often the unsung heroes of emergency personnel....

BATAVIA — Federal funding to replace police and fire department radios, as well as aid to help with a new public safety building and police station are on the city’s mind. “The city has already invested $125,000 in replacing 49 portable radios,” City Manager Rachael...

Employees of the Schuylkill County Communications Center were recognized at Wednesday’s commissioners meeting. “We had a situation Monday the 28th where Interstate 81 north became a mess,” commissioners Chairman Barron L. Hetherington said. Six people died when 80...

Macon-Bibb County said it quietly relinquished oversight of the E-911 center and assigned it to the sheriff’s office in early March MACON, Ga. — Edwin Iwo was at the wheel of his Dodge SUV, cutting through the Vineville neighborhood one Sunday evening in January when...

Our 911 Emergency Communications Centre (ECC) is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. They answer 911 and non-emergency calls while dispatching Police and Fire Services. Not only do our Communicators and Dispatchers answer 911 in an Emergency,...

The largest health communication center in Québec handled 374,186 calls in 2021–2022 MONTRÉAL, April 8, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - More than 110 emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) responded to 374,186 calls in 2021–2022, an average of 1,025 calls per day. A peak of 1,653...

ADRIAN — While progress is being made with hiring, the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office continues to be plagued with staff shortages in all its departments, from road patrol and corrections to dispatch and records keeping. The Sheriff's Office reported last month that...

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is the second full week of April, and in their April meeting this week, the Tompkins County Legislature presented a proclamation marking April 10-16 as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in the County. County Legislature...

No lights are on in the Pennington County dispatch center save for the blue lights of computer screens and flashing yellow and reds to quietly tell co-workers who’s currently on a call. Calm voices echo on the radio across the room to alert emergency services...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — They may not bear a blue badge but they’re important in keeping our city safe. Behavioral health clinicians on dispatch teams are pretty unique to Bakersfield and are already proving to make a difference. City Councilmember Eric Arias said...

Through the program people will get an hour-long, personal session with a dispatcher to ask questions, meet the dispatch staff on duty, and see what they do. MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — The Monroe County Control Center in Hamilton Township, near Stroudsburg, answers hundreds...