BELLEFONTE — In Centre County, there is a shortage of workers. Specifically, there is a need for 911 Centre County Communications and Centre County Correctional Facility employees. Commissioner Steve Dershem brought the topic up during Tuesday’s commissioners’...

MARIETTA, GA — Local residents who have an interest in the inner-workings of the Cobb County Department of Public Safety are invited to participate in the agency's annual citizens' safety academy this fall. The 13-session academy provides residents with an inside look...

The first course will be offered live at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Ga. Alexandria, VA – Today the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced the introduction of the Institute’s newest course for...

Telecommunicators at the Farmville Emergency Communications Center are now able to provide 911 callers with pre-arrival instructions such as how to control bleeding, perform CPR or even assist in childbirth. According to Jackie Gilbert, emergency communications...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday recommended $20 million for public broadcasting’s Next Generation Warning System within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Fiscal Year 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. This...

ROYALSTON — Royalston’s Selectboard is hoping some questions regarding the communication tower off Warwick Road can be answered fairly soon, especially given that that tower is fitted with equipment that allows for communication between the town’s public safety...

AT&T Selected to Provide Connectivity Solutions for California State and Local Agencies, and Education Institutions New Technologies Including High-Capacity Broadband and FirstNet® Accessible to Public Entities Improve Communications Throughout California What's...

The board of St. Francois County 911 Joint Communications resolved to continue meeting with area fire departments and EMS providers in the area to figure out improved computer-aided dispatch (CAD) services. At its meeting in June, it also discussed creating a new 3-...

Community Watch in The Villages is celebrating a major accomplishment after earning statewide accreditation recognition. Last month, Assistant District Manager Carrie Duckett, Chief Nehemiah Wolfe, Assistant Director Juliane Day and Lead Dispatcher Accreditation...

Every second counts in an emergency, and a new proposal to dispatch first responders quicker by building a new 911 center in Libertyville aims to give police and fire personnel the time they need. The plan will be before the Lake County Board as part of the county's...

Baptist LifeFlight is not happy with Escambia County using a competitor helicopter ambulance service, ShandsCair, to dispatch medical helicopters. The Escambia County Commission held off Thursday approving a formal "first call" agreement with ShandsCair to wait for...

When Buffalo, N.Y., closed its municipal buildings as part of a pandemic lockdown ın March 2020, Oswaldo Mestre had only two days to find a way to keep a vital line of communication open to residents. As the city’s director of citizen services, Mestre...

PEKIN – It's been a bumpy road at times getting Tazewell County Consolidated Communications up and running. Now that it has been for the past two years, some local communities are being asked to pay more to support its operation — a large enough rise for some that at...

COLCHESTER, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 12, 2021-- Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management ( CEM ), today announced that the company successfully deployed its Public Warning Cell Broadcast technology within three of the...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team has now obtained the recording showing what a woman heard after she called 911 in Cleveland and had to wait half an hour. Earlier this week, the I-Team revealed the 30-minute 911 call. Now, a recording just...

Each year, more than 350,000 heart attacks occur outside of hospitals. The American Heart Association says the chances of a person surviving a heart attack without medical attention are not good – only one in ten people survive. The AHA has led efforts to expand CPR...

JOHNSTOWN –The Fulton County Emergency Management Office is proposing over $650,000 in capital projects for 2022 — projects involving upgrades for both the office and to the dispatch console. Office Director Steven Santa Maria recently brought his proposed projects to...