Cheyenne is a Rangely native and loves all things Rangely!  She graduated from Rangely High School in 2015.  She furthered her education at Colorado Northwestern Community College, also in Rangely.  She is a proud Mother of two boys.  Rangely creates great...

When describing the personality of Brandy Watts, the word “enthusiastic” immediately comes to mind, especially when the police dispatcher is discussing her career in law enforcement. As a dispatcher with the Bakersfield Police Department for more than 20 years, Watts,...

No Shawnee County 911 calls went unanswered Sunday evening because of an AT&T outage that affected dispatching centers in Shawnee and Sedgwick counties. For an unknown amount of time, people calling 911 in Sedgwick County weren't getting through due to the outage,...

People using 911 in Fairfax County can now provide medical details and other information to help first responders know more about a situation before they arrive. The county rolled out the change on July 1, allowing people to sign up ahead of time with information...

DURANT – Durant Communications and Bryan County 911 Dispatchers began using an upgraded Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system during calls Tuesday starting at 9 a.m. “The new CAD software upgrade interface is more user-friendly and 911 Dispatchers now have quicker...

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- City Council heard Tuesday (July 27) a presentation from its police and fire chiefs about the possibility of merging the Heights Hillcrest Communications Center, upon which the city has relied since 2018 for its dispatch services, with the...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The state's backup system for 911 centers isn't much help for Sedgwick County. It wasn't working during a two-hour outage early Sunday morning. Sedgwick County's 911 system went down around 12:30 a.m. Sunday and operators didn't discover the...

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- Member communities of the Heights Hillcrest Communications Center (HHCC) are in the process of determining whether to merge with Chagrin Valley Dispatch, and South Euclid has become the first to move the process forward. Those HHCC cities include...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- Two long-term projects could intersect as Topeka drives toward the future. The go-ahead to rebuild the Polk-Quincy viaduct is bringing new attention to discussions over whether to relocate the Topeka and Shawnee County Law Enforcement Center....

ELIZABETHTON — In a special called meeting on Monday evening, the Carter County Commission soundly voted down a bid of $3,428,687.40 for a new countywide communications system that would have provided up-to-date radio communication for 10 agencies, including law...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When you call 9-1-1 in Philadelphia, you expect a dispatcher to pick up the phone within seconds. But the people who spoke with Action News say that is just magical thinking. The reality is, staffing concerns are causing some serious concerns in...

TOLLAND, CT — The State Bond Commission Friday approved $3 million to upgrade the Tolland County Mutual Aid emergency communication system. The move was hailed by state Rep. Tammy Nuccio (R-Ashford, Tolland, Willington), state Rep. Pat Boyd (D-Brooklyn, Eastford,...

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi followed up on the work progress to establish a unified national network for emergency and public safety in a meeting with ministers on Tuesday. The planned network aims to achieve full control and cooperation among all parties...

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is adopting what3words as a tool to help locate callers faster in an emergency, taking out the “search” from search and rescue.  What3words divided the world into 10-foot squares and gave each square a unique combination of three...

LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Town Manager Lyn Simmons told the Select Board that its regional dispatch partner, WESTCOMM, is moving toward the “priority dispatch platform.” She said it adds a quality control aspect to its service and, “eventually result in full...