The Jennings County Amateur Radio Association is raising money to help with rehab and build out of a radio tower in Freetown Indiana. This will go towards providing last line of defense communication support to the residents and public safety agencies of Jennings...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has found people calling for an ambulance in Cleveland because they can’t sleep or their shoes are too tight. Still, paramedics get sent. So, the I-Team investigated what this means for you when you have a...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan on Thursday outlined his plan for the construction of a state-of-the-art emergency management and government operations facility, saying in a press release that the facility will centralize critical functions from...

Roanoke County employees will have a little more cash in their pocket this month with one-time bonuses. The board of supervisors recently passed an ordinance after the state approved $3,000 hazard pay bonuses for sheriff’s deputies using American Rescue Plan funds...

From Spotsylvania Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management: Last week, through a joint effort of the Spotsylvania Information Services Department, Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Communications Center, and Spotsylvania Fire, Rescue, & Emergency...

Kenton County Dispatch Supervisor, Melissa Eddy, has been given the Line Supervisor of the Year Award by the Kentucky Emergency Numbers Association in partnership with the Kentucky chapter of the Association for Public Safety Officials. The Line Supervisor of the Year...

MATTOON — Interim Champaign Police Chief Matt Henson, who is a past officer in Arcola and Charleston, has been appointed as the new director of the emergency communications system for Coles and Moultrie counties. The system's Emergency Telephone System Board voted 6-1...

MANCHESTER — Discussions on whether Manchester will join North Shore Regional 911 Center in Middleton will continue into next year. In the meantime, the North Shore Regional 911 Center in Middleton will conduct a feasibility study of the potential partnership. “It’ll...

Written by Benjamin Freed Nov 4, 2021 | STATESCOOP A majority of police officers and other emergency responders feel their communications technologies are capable of supporting their work, but many still say there’s a need for greater interoperability between devices,...

The union representing E-Comm 911 dispatch operators says the emergency service is facing a major staffing shortage and warns the system is ill-prepared to handle a major crisis. The Emergency Communications Professionals of B.C., CUPE Local 8911, said in a statement...

LISBON — County 911 officials continue to look at public-safety answering point (PSAP) consolidation for the county, but funding it could be costly. Members of the 911 Emergency Service Committee held their quarterly meeting Thursday at the county EMA building, a...

Alexandria's 911 center launched a major upgrade Wednesday that can pinpoint a caller's exact location and dispatch help faster in an emergency. While Uber drivers and food delivery services can find a customer's exact location using their cellphone, most 911 centers...

Seattle recognizes 911 dispatchers as critical members of the City’s public safety response Hiring incentives have resulted in 10-fold increase over five-day period for applicants and inquiries for 911 dispatcher positions SEATTLE (Nov. 4) - Mayor Jenny A. Durkan...

TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa man is charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 911 dispatcher. 27-year-old Cody Carrell is charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. Investigators say Carrell ran a red light in October near Admiral and Utica, and...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Madison County 911 Center is looking to hire more call takers. These call takers would work side by side with dispatchers but would not actually be dispatchers. Call takers are the first person people hear when they call 911. "You...

The City of Alexandria, Virginia, is set to flip the switch on 911 technology that aims to help pinpoint the location of cellphone users, and quickly provide health information to assist first responders before they arrive on an emergency scene. On Wednesday, the...

    Proposal recommends consolidation from six dispatch centers to three in Colorado Under a dispatch consolidation proposal by the Rocky Mountain Coordinating Group, the Durango and Montrose Interagency Dispatch Centers could be closed down. Colorado has six...