Sumner County recently celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, an event originally scheduled for April that was postponed because of COVID-19. The county’s 911 dispatachers are located at the Sumner County Emergency Communications Center (SCECC),...

Throughout the pandemic, the NewsHour has highlighted courageous front-line workers who are keeping the country running in the face of unprecedented hardship. Bridget Rhodes is one of these essential workers, a 911 dispatcher in Portland, Oregon, who has offered a...

An Emporia father daughter team splits up as he retires. The Lyon County Emergency Communications Center says for the past 4 years Madison Dragonas and her father Sgt. DJ Dragonas had the privilege of working together to serve the Emporia community. Sgt. Dragonas...

WOOD RIVER — Madison County 911 is moving ahead with equipment updates for its call centers despite the lack of an approved consolidation plan. Director Dana Burris told members of the Emergency Telephone System Board of the plans at its monthly meeting Wednesday. She...

GREENWOOD, SC (FOX Carolina) – Greenwood police said a man was arrested after he was accused of using a mirror under a stall in the men’s bathroom. Police said it happened Tuesday at the Lowe’s on the 72 Bypass. Police said the victim saw a mirror being slid under the...

ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 24, 2020 – Maryland’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of new, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites and other network enhancements statewide. This new infrastructure is a...

Readers may remember that the Hawkins County emergency communications equipment has been experiencing some major malfunctions since the issues first began off and on in the beginning of November and the system went completely offline on Dec. 18. Since then, the...

CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) Casper-Natrona County Public Safety Communications Center wants to remind the community about two forms that help first responders. One of the forms is for community members with disabilities or members who are caretakers for them....

Eleven people representing rural and urban emergency entities, and the Alaska Legislature have been appointed to a working group to make recommendations on a proposal to centralize the state’s 9-1-1 response center. The 9-1-1 and Dispatch Consolidation Working Group...

After months of construction and even more months of planning, the new Regional Old Colony Communications Center opened its doors on June 10. The expanded center, paid for with state grants, will provide 911 dispatch services for Dubxury, Halifax, Plympton, Rochester...

BEND, OR -- The Deschutes County Commissioners have approved a new, two-year labor contract with 9-1-1 dispatchers. The agreement takes effect July 1st and continues through June 2022. The contract includes a 2-and-1-half-per cent Cost of Living Adjustment known as...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - As of Monday night, some Verizon Wireless customers throughout the Shenandoah Valley are experiencing problems with their cell phone service. The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center confirmed Verizon Wireless is working...

CLARK COUNTY — The City of Springfield and Clark County have come back to the table to talk about both entities taking part in a new combined 9-1-1 dispatch center. The idea has been in the works since the 1990′s, and over the years – negotiations have fallen...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – On Monday, a grand jury released the results of an investigation into a complaint regarding an East Bay police department’s response time in answering 911 calls.   The Oakland police 911 Communications Center is a center in...

The Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center buried a time capsule on June 12 in the HRECC’s new building, to be opened by staff members in 30 years, Director Steve Hooke recently said. Members of the HRECC added items to the time capsule, which then was...

NENA Cancels 2020 In-Person Annual Conference, Announces Virtual Event
1 hour ago   (0 Comments)Posted by: Chris NussmanNENA announced today that it has cancelled its in-person 2020 Annual Conference & Expo and is replacing it with an online event due to public-health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The face-to-face event was originally scheduled to be held in June in Long Beach, California, before being postponed to September. However, given the still-uncertain trajectory of the pandemic, and considering that conference participants would be coming from all over the country and around the world, NENA concluded that cancelling the in-person meeting was the only safe and responsible action.
NENA is working with speakers, sponsors, and industry partners to deliver a virtual event during the week of September 21. Registration information, exact dates, and industry-partner opportunities will be announced soon.
“We are so disappointed to cancel the in-person conference, as it is truly one of the highlights of the year for so many, both professionally and personally,” said NENA’s CEO, Brian Fontes. “But that doesn’t change our dedication to educating our members and improving 9-1-1, thus we look forward to the online event as a new way to connect with and learn from each other during these unprecedented times.”
If you are a #NENA2020 registrant, speaker, or exhibit coordinator, stay tuned for an email containing further event-cancellation details specific to you.

Determining when its appropriate to call 9-1-1 can be challenging at any time, but with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, people seem to be even more uncertain. The best rule of thumb is “don’t wait until it’s too late.” Scotts Bluff County 9-1-1 communications...