It used to be that people stranded in the desert of western Texas started fires to draw attention to their location. Since February, however, anyone lost in the vast jurisdiction of the Rio Grande Council of Governments (RIOCOG), which covers 25,516 square miles, can...

Officials from Montgomery, Carroll and Grenada counties were in Winona at MedStat’s ribbon cutting on Wednesday. “We are extremely proud to announce the grand opening of our new building in Winona,” said Dave Eldridge, MedStat operations manager.

Lee County will spend just over $273,000 to purchase an emergency call system that could be quickly set up and operational if regular 911 call centers are taken out of commission by a natural or man-made disaster. READ FULL ARTICLE

The City of Edmond's Emergency Communications Center has taken additional steps to tackle missing children’s cases by completing a national missing kids readiness program. READ FULL ARTICLE

While the sirens of police cruisers, fire trucks and ambulances are a easily heard reminder of the hard work done by the area’s public safety officials, there is plenty of quieter work going on behind the scenes as well.

Lamarre turns in headset for front office After more than 25 years of answering emergency calls, veteran dispatcher Maureen “Micky” Lamarre has been promoted to Communications Center supervisor, a new position meant to improve communications and service from the...

A lawsuit claims a woman who was left on a porch with gunshot wounds for more than an hour would have lived if someone would have come to help her. The family of N'ala Wallace is suing Saginaw County 9-1-1, claiming emergency responders didn't go to the shooting scene...

Morgan County’s 911 Emergency Telecommunications has filed a formal complaint with the West Virginia Public Service Commission against Frontier West Virginia, Inc. about frequent phone outages in the Paw Paw exchange area. The Public Service Commission (PSC) is the...

The Tahlequah City Council discussed a potential move for first responders during a Sept. 6 meeting. Tahlequah Police Chief Nate King and Tahlequah Fire Chief Casey Baker hold monthly emergency services department head meetings, which include EMS, Cherokee County...

When our daughter was one, we woke up in the middle of the night to find her having a seizure due to a high fever. At the time, my husband and I were new parents and inexperienced to say the least. Being woken up in the middle of the night is never an enjoyable...

Members of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) dispatch team join Riverton Police Department (RPD) in being congratulated and thanked for volunteering their services during the funeral of a Casper Police Department lieutenant.

Aquinnah’s newest resident was delivered at 11:48 p.m. on Sept. 1 as his parents Kyle Colter and Sophia Welch were on the phone with emergency dispatch. The mother and child were soon after brought to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, where Aquinnah town administrator...

 The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is now working with Everbridge, a leader in critical communications, to provide tribal citizens with emergency communication before, during and after a critical event. According to a press...

The first of two new protocol systems for call-takers at Cincinnati's 911 center are now in place. You may think call-takers have a script they follow or a standard set of questions, but, until now, that was only the case for medical emergency calls. READ FULL...

 With a shortage of dispatchers and an increase in crime, resources can be stretched thin— We've heard your concerns and reported on the delays in Little Rock's emergency response.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Did the inability of one 911 system to talk to another across a county line cost a 30-year-old Indianapolis man his life? A common misconception is that 911 callers get the closest available first responders; that is not always the case....

Legislation before the U.S. Senate that would allocate as much as $10 billion in federal funds for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployment includes language that “will unnecessarily detract from and delay NG911 implementation,” according to a letter from the National...

In North America, we take for granted the convenience and availability of our first responders. I recently had the privilege to tour the Johnson County Central Dispatch (JCCD), the primary Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) in Johnson County, Missouri, and I was...

Barry County Emergency Services E9-1-1 has been recognized by The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for Emergency Police Dispatching (EPD).

Plano City Council approved the addition of four new 911 command post workstations to expand call-taking capacity during its Aug. 22 meeting.