Dickinson County 911 moved into its renovated emergency communications center in the basement of the courthouse Tuesday, Jan. 25. The process took a little over 10 hours to complete, beginning just after 8 a.m. and finishing around 6:30 p.m., according to 911...

FLINT TWP, Mich. (WJRT) – Officers and 911 dispatchers have been having a busy snow day with non stop calls coming in after receiving hundreds of reports of crashes across the county. The Genesee County 911 dispatch center says many of the accidents come from slick...

HUDSONVILLE, Mich. — Watch what your children take to bed. >> Read more trending news A western Michigan couple was startled to hear their 3-year-old son speaking with a 911 dispatcher from his bedroom on an old Apple watch they believed was deactivated, WOOD-TV...

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team found 911 lines tied up in snowstorms with people asking for a tow truck or “Where are the plows?” We listened to recordings of 911 calls from the last big snowstorm. The calls came in to the Cuyahoga County dispatch...

By: Melissa Morreale The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) added a new technology platform to its arsenal of technology being used in the Sheriff’s 9-1-1 Dispatch Center called RapidSOS. This technology better enables dispatchers obtain caller locations and other...

In its first year of operation, the four-town emergency communications center located on High Rock Road in the F. Gilbert Hills State Forest has embraced a range of technological features that help first responders serve area residents on a daily basis. According to...

Mark Huckleberry made an impassioned plea for his 911 dispatchers at Tuesday's Mansfield City Council meeting. During the employee relations meeting, when council was considering increasing pay ranges for some city employees, Huckleberry told members about the dire...

The Lyon County Emergency Communications Center will become the first 911 center in the state to utilize a text message-based instruction and quality assurance service. The Lyon County Commission approved the purchase of a year’s subscription to CueHit, a program...

MANSFIELD -- Mansfield City Council -- after hearing impassioned remarks Tuesday evening about working conditions in the 9-1-1 center -- voted to add four new dispatching positions and also bumped the paygrade for the employees. The unanimous vote came after...

BOONE — The town of Boone is considering the future operations of the 911 communications center. Boone Police Chief Andy LeBeau said at the Jan. 12 town council meeting that Boone and Watauga County both operate a Public Safety Answering Point — or 911 communication...

GATESVILLE – Several citizens voiced their concerns over a number of ongoing issues in Gates County here recently during the public comment period at the regularly scheduled county commissioners meeting. Included among those choosing to voice their concerns – mostly...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — When you pick up your phone and dial 911, you never expect the line to be busy. But due to the current chronic worker shortage, you may have to call back, or wait for your call to be answered. This was the case for Oklahoma City...

STOW — After lengthy study and discussion, the city has decided to join with four other government entities in a regional dispatch center operation. Stow City Council on Thursday voted 5-1 to enter into an agreement to participate in the new center with Cuyahoga...

BREVARD COUNTY • PALM BAY, FLORIDA – Palm Bay Police Telecommunicator Kent Devault retired after 25 years of service to the citizens of Palm Bay as a dispatcher, with 17 of those years as a shift supervisor. The majority of his career was spent on the midnight shift...

Officials in Las Cruces say the lines that connect 911 calls to dispatchers in the City of the Crosses were down on Tuesday, but are working once again. The Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority says even though the lines to the main dispatch center were down,...

SHERIDAN — A bill sponsored by the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affair Committee would require telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation — or teleCPR — training for Wyoming dispatchers.  If passed, the new...

In an emergency, the 911 center is often a lifeline. It’s where the call is answered, the crisis is assessed and the appropriate first responder is dispatched to the scene.  Most Chatham County municipalities rely on the county 911 dispatch center to take care of this...