RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Lisa Forgach, a dispatcher with the Heights Hillcrest Communications Center in Cleveland Heights, was awarded with a plaque Tuesday evening (Jan. 28) at the Richmond Heights City Council meeting for her efforts on the job on Oct. 17, 2019. On...

AGE, AZ (January 31, 2020):On January 24, 2020 Page Public Safety Dispatchers Jackie Lyons and Melanie White graduated from the Western ArizonaLaw Enforcement Training Academy (WALETA) Dispatch Academy in Lake Havasu City, AZ...

[...] The new Monona County Public Safety Center would house the emergency operations, a training center, communications center, sheriff administrative offices, and Onawa Police Department. The current communications center is located in the basement of the law...

Nominations Sought for the NG9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission
2 hours ago   (0 Comments)Posted by: Chris NussmanNENA invites members of the 9-1-1 community to submit nominees to represent stakeholder interest categories on the NG9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission (Commission). This body will provide independent oversight of the PSAP Credentialing Agency (PCA) and the Forest Guide, two functional elements required to be operated centrally for NG9-1-1 to work according to prevailing standards. These requirements come from specifications developed under NENA’s standards Development Group (NDG) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Members of the 9-1-1 community are invited to nominate an individual to serve on this Commission. Please send all nominations to NENA’s Technical Director, Brandon Abley by February 24th, 2020.
In submitting a nominee, please provide the following documentation (or equivalent):
The nominee’s resume or CV;
A short statement describing the nominee’s qualifications, such as related technical expertiseand/or subject domain in 9-1-1;
A short statement clarifying the rationale that the nominee represents the identified stakeholder group; and
Evidence that the nominee represents the identified stakeholder group, if applicable, such as an affirmative vote of a board of directors nominating the nominee to sit on the Commission.
Click here to read the full call for nominations and here to read the Commission’s bylaws.

Chaves County commissioners and Mayor Dennis Kintigh are battling over the region’s emergency communications dispatch center. At the same time, both sides also are saying that there should be more cooperation among the two government bodies. Kintigh wants the...

ROSAMOND – Adding nearly 9,000 square feet in building expansions was the main action item for the Jan. 22 Rosamond Community Services District meeting. “It’ll add additional secure space for the on site record storage and the cost of storing records off site will be...

(La Vergne, TN) It has been one year since Chris Clark was officially installed as La Vergne's second fire chief and since then there have been many internal and external changes that Chief Clark believes will help the department succeed over time. [...] Recently,...

CAMBRIDGE — The Dorchester County 9-1-1 Advisory Board began a process to address concerns with the county’s 9-1-1 system at a meeting Tuesday morning in Cambridge. The meeting, attending by Dorchester Council President Jay Newcomb, County Manager Keith Adkins, and...