Seeking to contain the costs of its largest infrastructure project — a new public safety building in the California Avenue business district — Palo Alto has charged its city auditor with examining every change order and invoice associated with the new structure. And...

A growing call load coupled with lagging recruitment could be a recipe for disaster for Wisconsin fire and emergency medical service agencies, according to a study conducted by the Wisconsin Policy Forum.  "Unless they are appropriately...

Garland County recently announced the latest promotions within the Garland County Communications Center. "These promotions are the result of independent emergency communications testing, as well as a series of independent and internal interviews, conducted earlier in...

Midlothian’s 9-1-1 operators recently began using medical dispatch protocols designed to provide immediate response to callers’ needs and at the same time dispatch emergency personnel without delay. While previous procedures limited dispatchers to obtaining the...

The St. Joseph Police Department needs communications operators, and officials are looking for applicants. Capt. John Olszowka recently took over the command center at the police department. They field calls for the police, fire, EMS and sheriff's departments....

MUNCIE, Ind. — A new 911 director has been hired for Delaware County. Bernard "Fred" Cummings will oversee the Delaware County Emergency Communications Center when he arrives in Muncie to take the position in mid-January. He has been serving as a PSAP (public safety...

GATESVILLE — Because of staffing shortages at the Gates County 911 center, Perquimans County’s 911 center is also temporarily providing dispatching services in the neighboring county. Gates County Manager Tim Wilson said the Gates County 911 Communications Center...

Keith Thornton | Facebook Keith Thornton, who gained widespread praise for his handling of Chicago police dispatching duties in the minutes after a gunman fatally shot Officer Ella French and gravely wounded her partner during a traffic stop in August, is fed up....

Fort Payne, AlabamaAP) — A 911 dispatcher in northeastern Alabama says he lost his home in a fire and has been overwhelmed by the kindness of others since the fire. Stephanie Herin has been answering calls in Fort Payne for over 20 years. The phone call on Thursday...

Lee County residents who might not be able to safely use their phone in an emergency now have a new option — they can text 911. The county began its new “text 911” system last Wednesday. The texting 911 system is meant to help those who are hard of hearing, domestic...

CLARION - The new Clarion County emergency dispatch center located in the former Sorce warehouse might be open as early May 2022, according to Clarion County Commissioner Ted Tharan. Tharan offered the comment at the board of commissioners' Dec. 14 session. Emergency...

With the dropping temperatures, Dianne Smith and other members of the Gainesville homeless camp near the Industrial Boulevard railroad tracks are taking all of the blankets they can get their hands on to protect themselves from the freezing ground. “All we have is...

Carrie Napiorkowski was in her home off Fitzhugh Road in Dripping Springs on the Monday before Thanksgiving when the unthinkable happened. A contractor and longtime family friend, Rene Gaytan, was working on the roof of Napiorkowski’s home when he fell and suffered...

While most Warren County residents are enjoying Christmas Day with their families, a group of dispatchers will be seated at their consoles in the Vicksburg-Warren 911 Dispatch Center handling phone calls and directing other first responders to emergencies. But while...

GATESVILLE – On Friday, Dec. 17, the Gates County 911 Communications Center enacted a previously signed Mutual Aid Agreement with the Perquimans County 911 Center due to sudden staffing shortages. The implementing of this agreement called for the temporary relocation...

Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police (KSP) announced Dec. 16 there are currently 45 full-time and part-time telecommunicator positions available at 14 post locations across the commonwealth. This is the highest vacancy rate in the agency’s history for...