CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - As technology expands, so does the need for greater emergency response. On Wednesday, WYDOT held its regular quarterly meeting. But they also held their first Public Safety Communications Commission meeting. “As the advancements...

LACONIA — The Laconia City Council approved a land swap proposed by the State of New Hampshire for parcels near the State School Property and Robbie Mills Field at its May 9 meeting. If the agreement is accepted by the State Executive Council, the state would resume...

Five mobile consoles will be purchased this year to serve as a temporary backup system for Westmoreland County 911 emergency dispatch operations, officials said. A $529,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will pay for the mobile units that will be like the...

Denver is one of the first cities to get a 9-1-1 upgrade that uses GPS instead of cell towers to give a more precise location for AT&T customers who call 9-1-1 from a mobile device. It makes it easier for emergency services to find and send help to wireless...

TORONTO – May 10, 2022 – Esri Canada today released the NG9-1-1 GIS Validator online app to assist Canadian municipalities in meeting Canada’s new location data requirements for 9-1-1. This free app and service lets municipalities, regional data aggregators and...

FORT POLK, La. — “What’s the address of your emergency?” That’s the first question asked by a Fort Polk Directorate of Emergency Services 911 dispatcher when a call comes into their control center. They follow up with questions pertaining to the nature of the...

There has been a temporary change to the Cabool overnight dispatching service. Having started on May 6th, calls for service to Cabool Police Department or Cabool Fire Department are being routed through Texas County’s 911 dispatch center instead of through a local...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - From the Hunterdon County Department of Public Safety, Supervising Public Safety Telecommunicator William “Bill” Powell recently completed the requirements to earn the Certified Homeland Protection Professional (CHPP) designation. The board of...

The correct location for the 911 call was 1222 I Street SE. DC Fire & EMS was initially sent to 122 I Street SE. Looking for a quality used fire truck? Selling one? Visit our sponsor Command Fire Apparatus DC 911 tells STATter911 a call-taker is on administrative...

Until last week, dispatchers at the city’s communication center were responsible for handling all 911 calls and all calls phoned into the police department’s nonemergency dispatch number: 562-435-6711. Now, that nonemergency number will connect callers to a phone tree...

A month and a half after taking over the city’s 911 call center, Kevin Stratton is leaving City Hall — with the future leadership of the turmoil-wracked department now up for grabs. Mayor Justin Elicker confirmed for the Independent during a Wednesday afternoon phone...

For editors and reporters, access to the police scanner is a critical — and immediate — news source when covering breaking news, be it a massive fire raging through a community or rescue workers trying to find a child swept away in a creek. That access is being...

Officials with Northwest Territories 911 are warning that overlapping emergency dispatch systems in Yellowknife could pose a safety risk to people in urgent need of care. Voicing these concerns, Dr. Rahul Khosla, the territory's 911 medical director with Advanced...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- Julie Tobey, an eight-year veteran of St. Joe County 9-1-1 dispatch, has been named as the new Executive Director of the St. Joseph County Communications Center. Tobey was formerly responsible for dispatching police, fire and emergency...

Local officials joined U.S. Rep Hal Rogers on May 4 as Rogers announced nearly $900,000 in funding for upgrades to Johnson County’s emergency dispatch system. U.S. Representative Hal Rogers visited the U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum on Wednesday, May 4,...

Nonemergency calls can tie up a line for those that have an urgent emergency. INDIANAPOLIS — Emergency operators say you'd be surprised how often people call 911 for something other than an actual emergency. "Pretty much anything like overflowing sinks, 'I've been...