PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – There aren’t enough paramedics in Multnomah County to respond to 911 calls fast enough, and yet that’s not the only problem afflicting the county’s emergency medical services. When someone has an emergency in Portland, a patchwork of programs...

Sedgwick County officials held a news conference Wednesday to clarify a situation regarding a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that is now being used to send police, fire and ambulance crews to emergency situations.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman is sounding the alarm after she was in a biking accident and couldn’t get through to 911.   Carrie Petty said that now, she is hoping to see changes made so this doesn’t happen again.  

The Cobb County Department of Emergency Communications and the Cobb County Information Services Department is proud to announce that Systems Administrator Vaughan Nasse is the recipient of the prestigious 2023 Information Technologist of the Year presented by the...

LAFAYETTE, La. — A house fire erupted last Wednesday on Gerald Drive. According to the Lafayette Fire Department, one of the house owners had escaped the burning house but returned to save the family's 3 pets.

FORESTVILLE - A Door County 911 dispatcher took a devastating call the morning of June 9 − from her son, reporting that the family's house was on fire.

The Waterville Police Department expects to again dispatch emergency 911 calls for a broader region after the Maine Senate voted unanimously Monday to pass a bill to create another public safety answering point, or PSAP.

One year ago, the streets in Red Lodge looked a lot different. As water rushed through the town, citizens frantically called for help. Now, one of those dispatchers is reflecting on the chaos that happened in Carbon County. READ FULL ARTICLE

FCC commissioners today voted unanimously to support a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would require all telecom service providers to deliver 911 calls in an IP format and would make those providers responsible for absorbing costs associated with doing so if...

UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has started a new Nurse Navigation Program to increase the efficiency of its 911 dispatch system by driving non-emergency calls to licensed nurses.

WICHITA (KAKE) - The sound of fire trucks responding to 911 calls is something several people in Sedgwick County are not hearing fast enough.

The Council approved a severance package for the four full-time Perry Police Department Dispatchers who will be laid off on June 30th. The package includes $5,000 for each dispatcher and an additional $1,000 for those employees that stay until the end of June. READ...

BRAZOS COUNTY, Tx — From car crashes to medical emergencies and everything in between, 9-1-1 dispatchers are the first ones to take the call when something tragic happens. READ FULL ARTICLE

CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – During an emergency, communication between emergency crews is key. In some spots in Cherokee County, that’s been a problem. A new 911 dispatcher radio system is going to fix that.

Marshall County Fiscal Court voted to repeal their ordinance that would have placed a fee on every electric service in the county during their meeting Tuesday morning. The move end litigation between the county and the two electric utilities that serve Marshall County.

DENVER -- A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said Tuesday that she called 911 but that police did not respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed.

JAMES CITY COUNTY — Voting by the York County Board of Supervisors regarding the consolidation of the James City County (JCC) emergency dispatch center with the York-Williamsburg-Poquoson center will take place on Tuesday, June 6.

ANOKA COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Anoka County Emergency Communications Center is seeing a sharp uptick in accidental 911 calls. "From May 5 to June 5 there’s been about 2000 more," Anoka County Sheriff’s Office Community Relations Coordinator Tierney Peters told FOX...

NATCHEZ — The county’s Board of Supervisors seems ready to provide some relief in accommodations for the E-911 dispatch center, but members said they need to know if the City of Natchez is going to continue to be a part of the dispatch operations before moving...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says in a Facebook post they are seeing an uptick in accidental 911 calls. Here are some tips for preventing accidental 911 calls: