Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville have failed to merge their 911 call centers on three separate occasions since 2007. Months of debate and a proposal developed by local emergency services leaders may prove the fourth time’s a charm.  On Monday, the...

Starting Monday, Sept. 22, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office will begin sending text messages to residents and visitors who call for service, asking them to provide feedback on their experience.

BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) -- Earlier this month, we told you temporary relief had arrived for overworked Brown County 911 dispatchers.

  The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission on July 10 approved a $15 million grant to modernize the state’s emergency response system. The money will go toward moving Idaho’s decades-old analog 911 infrastructure to a secure, digital network called Next...

It’s a call no one ever wants to make, but if you dial 911 you need, and have the right to expect, the system to work when every second counts. That’s why what is happening in America’s largest state should concern everyone in the nation. California’s attempt to...

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LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Emergency communications training in Arkansas is about to embark on a revamp, in an effort to make service operations more seamless for 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Announced on September 10, it is the state's first ever online basic...

The U.S. must upgrade its 911 emergency systems and enhance and reauthorize its dedicated public safety communications network if states and localities are to be able to respond to increasing threats, a House subcommittee heard this week.

Fort Worth’s newly created Emergency Management & Communications Department is expected to operate on a $20.7 million budget, giving the city’s 911 call-taking team its own department and streamlining the city’s emergency response, officials said.

The City of Las Vegas Planning Commission unanimously voted to pass a proposed nearly 96,000-square-foot emergency services communication center in the northwest Las Vegas valley.

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- After months of staffing shortages and complaints about forced overtime, relief has finally arrived for Brown County 911 dispatchers. The county has hired contract workers to help fill the void.

Sep. 2—TUCUMCARI — The Tucumcari Police Department, including the emergency dispatch center inside, was evacuated for about 90 minutes on Wednesday night because of a bomb threat.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The N.C. 911 Board has recently awarded nearly $5.7 million toward the state's 911 system, the N.C. Department of Information Technology announced Friday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Picture this: someone lost on a trail, or a driver trapped after a crash. A call goes out and in real time, a GPS locator drops a pin on the dispatcher’s screen. “What this enhanced GPS does is it will really provide a precise location of...

Leaders say this is one of a handful of 911 centers in North Carolina to feature next-generation features. CORNELIUS, N.C. — The Cornelius 911 Emergency Communications Center has completed a major technology upgrade that town leaders say places it among only a handful...

911 and public-safety networks have entered a pivotal phase. A convergence of technological breakthroughs and regulatory momentum is redefining how emergency-communications networks will be designed, deployed, and operated. These developments aren’t merely...

For years, Brown County has struggled to hire people to answer 911 calls and coordinate responses to emergencies. Its emergency dispatch center was among many that grappled with worsened staffing shortages after the COVID-19 pandemic.  But as the crisis eases...

CANFIELD — Cheri Smith sits at the dispatch desk at the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol with a box of Cheerios nearby and 1980s music on the radio at a low volume. It’s Thursday — the day before her official retirement date — but she will work for...

Billie Shepperd was planning her daughter Sheila’s 60th birthday party in June 2020 when the phone rang. She had been imagining family members traveling from Washington, DC, to celebrate at the beach with crab legs and potato salad, when she picked up to hear Maria...

WAMPSVILLE, NY — For the first time, Madison County leaders are linking potential 911 connectivity issues with proposed wind farms, saying the wind turbines will interfere with 911 communications. Madison County says the proposed Liberty Renewals’ Hoffman Falls Wind...