The Harker Heights City Council on Tuesday heard a presentation by Jim Reed, executive director of the Central Texas Council of Governments, concerning the funding of the 9-1-1 program for Bell County. The Texas Health and Safety Code was amended to establish ment of...

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - City of Lawton officials said some firefighters and city workers will fill staff vacancies at the Emergency Communications Center. The firefighters and other staff members who are familiar with the inner workings of the center have been...

The Ellis County Dispatch Center is back up a running after flooding from a sprinkler head activation caused significant damage to equipment. On Monday, Aug. 2 at about 5 p.m. workers soldering on the dispatch center’s HVAC accidentally set off a fire suppression...

Powhatan County today announced a number of next-generation 911 (NG911) enhancements to their 911 Center (known as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)),...

Photo by Orin Zebest via Flickr Please Support Local Advertisers The members of the Ipswich Police Association respectfully offer our views, and objections to the proposed closing of the Ipswich Emergency Communications Center and subsequent transition of emergency...

Officials in Brevard County are asking residents to limit 9-1-1 calls to “true emergencies” because of long waits at local hospitals inundated with COVID-19 patients. The recent surge in hospitalizations have overwhelmed facilities, some of which have had to divert...

St. Pauls — Town leaders here learned Thursday an update is needed soon or the emergency services system will default to county 911 services. St. Pauls dispatches its calls through a landline system and functions as a PSAP, or public safety answering point, and does...

Local emergency first responders on Thursday, Aug. 12, held a full-scale mock exercise, during which hazardous chemicals were sprayed on “civilians.” The full-scale exercise began with a classroom session at the Tahlequah Fire Training Center, Aug. 10-11. “All...

WATERTOWN — The Watertown Police Department Administration and Communications Administration congratulated Dispatcher Patricia Bessette and Dispatcher Melissa Bostick, as they had been selected as the Atlantic Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications...

On Sunday, July 25, 8-year-old Carson called 911 to help his grandfather who was in distress. He carefully followed all of the instructions he was given. And his grandfather responded favorably. In recognition of his quick thinking and assistance to his grandfather,...

Aug. 11—State and federal officials say they still don't know why many Anchorage and Mat-Su residents received cellphone emergency alerts during a tsunami warning in late July. Anchorage is at almost no risk of a tsunami, even during a large earthquake, and the...

On Sunday morning at approximately 4:27 a.m., the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 240 block of Blue Bird Road in Falls of Rough to assist Grayson County EMS and the Falls of Rough Volunteer Fire Department with a patient who had called to report...

It is crucial that first responders have clear, effective two-way communication in commercial buildings. Unfortunately, most buildings block and absorb radio frequency signals, presenting complex challenges to the ever-increasing demand for coverage. The state of...

The Barry County E9-1-1 board has welcomed two new faces, as Nick Mercer and Emma Burns are joining the team. Mike Phillips, Barry County E9-1-1 director, said a total of seven members sit on the board, three in the south, three in the north and a chairman, which is...

Months after Durham stopped routing nearly one in 10 of its 911 calls to Raleigh because of an operator shortage, a city resident says his repeated calls for help went unanswered. In December, staffing shortages led the Durham 911 center to begin regularly...

CINCINNATI — A frantic mother called Cincinnati's 911 on Aug. 7 begging for a fast response to help her infant daughter. "I need an ambulance. My baby's not breathing," the woman told the 911 operator. "Hurry up." The WCPO 9 I-Team received and reviewed a copy of the...

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Susquehanna County’s new public safety center is almost done. County officials broke ground one year ago behind the Gibson state police barracks. County commissioners budgeted the $15 million project, which means there will not be a...