SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – If one is lucky enough, maybe they will never have to dial those three numbers etched in our brains, 9-1-1. When we think of first responders, we often think of police and fire. One group we often overlook are emergency dispatchers. They...

PLYMOUTH – Town Council members approved a contract Monday with Litchfield County Dispatch effective April 2020 that will result in the layoffs of the town’s 12 dispatchers next year. The town will enter into a three-month agreement from April 1 through June 30 with...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland police dispatcher was fired after being convicted of criminal mischief. John Haney III, 35, was terminated on Nov. 15. Haney had been charged with multiple counts of theft, but was convicted of the lesser charge of criminal...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte Fire Department is hiring telecommunicator positions, ahead of the Republican National Convention in 2020. The postion essentially works as a fire dispatcher. The departments says they’re going to need those positions filled...

ORISKANY, N.Y. – The Oneida County 911 Center is hiring emergency dispatchers, and is looking for multi-taskers who can stay calm under pressure. Dispatchers, officially called public safety tellecommunicators, take calls from people dialing 911, and relay the...

A reconstituted Emergency Communications Center board on Tuesday eliminated its currently vacant emergency management coordinator position to allow Albemarle County to hire its own emergency director. The move means creation of emergency management plans for Albemarle...

During the assessment, the Kennesaw/Acworth 911 Center had to show proof of compliance with the 207 standards that constitute the program. KENNESAW, GA — The Kennesaw/Acworth 911 Center, located at City of Kennesaw City Hall, was recently awarded their accreditation...

In an effort to attract young people to a career in law enforcement, Sheriff George Maier has a new cadet program with the goal of hiring. CANTON While law enforcement agencies across the nation bemoan the lack of young people interested in becoming police officers,...

The board of St. Francois County 911 reviewed the joint communications center’s financial position and discussed projects on the horizon during their meeting Wednesday morning. Treasurer and District 1 Board Member Ginger Taylor, of Taylor Tax & Consulting, heads...

It’s hard to know where to begin after listening to DC 911 director Karima Holmes testify this (Monday) afternoon about a delay dispatching DC Fire & EMS to a deadly house fire in August. Holmes tied herself in knots trying to explain to DC council members there...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Alleging errors made by emergency dispatchers might have cost lives, the family of Akilah DaSilva sued the city of Nashville and its Emergency Communications Center. Just over a year and a half after the tragedy, the former director of...

CANBY, Ore. – The deputies that were the first to respond to a devastating quadruple murder earlier this year were honored for rescuing the surviving girl. Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies were called out to a home on South Barlow Road on the night of January 19,...

ROGERSVILLE — Questions surrounding the Emergency Medical Dispatching certifications of several Hawkins Co. Emergency Communications District dispatchers resulted this week in all staff having to be re-certified by an onsite instructor, and a full training audit of...

ENID, Okla. — Tears came to the eyes of Angela Langham when she was asked how she felt Monday morning. Langham, a dispatcher for Enid and Garfield County's 911 Center, received a free replacement HVAC system for her home from Dense Comfort Solutions. "I am super...

A fired Allegheny County 911 dispatcher on Monday sued the county and two top officials in federal court, claiming that she was terminated because of Facebook posts about the fatal police shooting of a teenager in East Pittsburgh last year. In the two-count complaint...

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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....

“We don't have an option of operating below a certain level ... we must fill the seat. Our overtime has exploded," Scott Campbell, director of public safety, said ARROLL COUNTY, Md. — County staff say overtime has “exploded” at the Carroll County Emergency...

As Mayor David Condon's administration ardently and publicly advocated for the city to join a new emergency communications system, its own staff privately flagged possible violations against the union that would soon represent former city fire dispatchers. According...

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...