More than 10,000 calls warning residents to flee failed when the Waldo Canyon fire exploded near Colorado Springs in 2012. Thousands of people were left without warnings as flames destroyed 347 homes and killed two people. Emergency alert failures dogged Colorado 10...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -Several spoke Monday in favor of Senate Bill 491, which would allow first responders to receive workers’ compensation benefits if they develop PTSD on the job. Senate Bill 491 would allow workers compensation benefits for treatment, time off, or...

(WAND) - Emergency dispatchers are the first to answer the call for help. But in Illinois, they are categorized as clerical staff - not first responders. Now, a bill moving through the Illinois Senate could change that. "Dispatchers are the lifeline, the vital...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has become the first state in New England to create an alert system for missing children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The Maine Department of Public Safety and supporters of the new system said it addresses a gap in...

COOS BAY, Ore. – Coos Bay voters will be asked to approve a $20 million bond measure for a new combined library and 911 communications center. The City Council unanimously approved placing the bond measure on the upcoming May ballot during a meeting this week. The...

The Iredell County Board of Commissioners reviewed several funding requests for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds during their winter retreat on Friday. So far, Iredell County has received $17,656,842 in ARPA funds, which are provided by the federal government to...

Stutsman County’s new 911 system will allow for better interconnection with state agencies, better workflow and texting to 911 to local dispatchers, according to Emergency Manager Andrew Kirking. The new 911 system was installed the week of Jan. 17. Stutsman County is...

A new fast, more efficient iteration of Virginia’s 9-1-1 system is now active in about 20% of the state, including Henrico County. In total, the new system is serving about 43% of the state’s population. During the past four years, the Virginia Department of Emergency...

It’s almost moving day for Pulaski County 911. The 911 center and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) held a ribbon cutting and open house for its new facility Friday, welcoming the public to view its new space in the basement of the Hal Rogers Fire Training Center....

After more than four years of standing vacant, all city buildings at the Blossom Hill site are occupied, Brecksville officials announced. Because there are rules about who can rent the buildings — lessees have to be 501(c)(3) nonprofits or municipal or governmental...

A Wisconsin bill co-authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, will create a Geographical Information System (GIS) grant program to help counties with upgrades they need to deploy Next-Generation 911 (NG 911). Assembly Bill 708/Senate Bill 673 assists counties with...

SOUTH BEND — The executive director of St. Joseph County’s combined 911 dispatch center will step down at the end of the month, the county announced Thursday, after a four-year run that was largely dominated by efforts to get the center on track after a rocky start...

Jamie Huston works on the 911 dispatch desk in Bedford County on Monday. Mirror photo by Calem Illig BEDFORD — Nearly a dozen lives have been saved in the past two years with the help of a 911 dispatcher in Bedford County. It’s a job where “you never know what’s going...

Deschutes 911 is the latest industry impacted by a labor shortage. “We have seven current openings, and at this moment we don’t have any applicants that made it through our initial screening process,” said Chris Perry, General Operations Manager for Deschutes County...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) announced Friday that eleven telecommunicators, representing six posts across the commonwealth, have graduated from the KSP Telecommunications Academy. The graduates of Class 19 received 160 hours of instruction...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The place you call for help in St. Joseph County has put out the help wanted sign. The director of the county’s consolidated 9-1-1 center is stepping down after four years on the job—although he’s not stepping out. Ray Schultz will move to a...