Two new members were sworn into the Hutchinson Police Department last week, including an officer and a dispatch center manager. Communications Center Manager Jessica Lynch comes to Hutchinson with 15 years of experience in 911 emergency dispatch. She holds a Public...

JACKSON (WNE) — Teton County’s communications center has half the dispatchers it needs to adequately answer emergency calls and that means trouble. “We are one person away from not being able to answer 911 calls 24/7,” Sheriff Matt Carr told county commissioners...

County staff say overtime has “exploded” at the Carroll County Emergency Communications Center and more people are needed to take 911 calls. One county commissioner at Thursday’s board meeting pushed for the county to hire more staff immediately, but the rest of the...

A LifeFlight helicopter experienced an unanticipated mechanical issue in a main rotor blade during a flight to Bangor on Saturday evening, according to a Nov. 17 news release from the organization.  At approximately 6:45 p.m., a LifeFlight pilot initiated...

A roomful of heroes were honored at the fourth annual No One Left Behind award ceremony. Students with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and the Fairbanks Rescue Mission collaborate to make...READ MORE

SPRINGFIELD —  The City of Springfield will not join the new Clark County dispatch center despite years of negotiations between the city and county government. “Public safety and 911 dispatch are the most critical services that the public relies on us to...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police arrested a man after he allegedly threatened to kill a 9-1-1 operator during a call, according to an arrest affidavit. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, police were sent to a Motel 6 at 1901 Airport Commerce Drive in southeast Austin for a check...

PAOLA – The Miami County Sheriff's Office dispatch center is poised for an equipment upgrade. The sheriff’s office has learned it will receive a $284,272.80 state grant to purchase four P25 IP based dispatch consoles, according to a news release issued Tuesday, Nov....

NEEDHAM — After 10 years in the Navy as a fighter pilot - deployed in Japan and Washington state, Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Ping secured a master of science degree in emergency management and began working for Needham in 2017 as the town’s emergency management administrator....

Albemarle County wants to shift from a regional emergency management coordinator to a county-specific staff member. Currently, the Charlottesville-UVa-Albemarle Office of Emergency Management is a division within the regional Emergency Communications Center and is...

County staff say overtime has “exploded” at the Carroll County Emergency Communications Center and more people are needed to take 911 calls. One county commissioner at Thursday’s board meeting pushed for the county to hire more staff immediately, but the rest of the...

HILLSBORO, OR (KPTV) – A new 911 dispatch center in now under construction in Washington County. Police, firefighters, and emergency responders were all there to celebrate the groundbreaking in Hillsboro Thursday afternoon. The center will feature technology to boost...

Lyon County Commissioners approved payment for a new emergency alert system for Lyon County first responders during their weekly action session Thursday. Lyon County Emergency Communications Center Director Roxanne Van Gundy made the request of payment for the...

SALEM — Dispatcher Rachael Haller of the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office recently completed a course with the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Haller and her classmates graduated from Basic Telecommunications...

Sales Tax: Measure Increases Sales Tax by One Tenth of 1 Percent A sales tax increase that would help fund replacements and upgrades for Thurston County’s primary emergency communication system, owned and operated by Thurston 911 Communications (TCOMM 911), was...