Proposal recommends consolidation from six dispatch centers to three in Colorado Under a dispatch consolidation proposal by the Rocky Mountain Coordinating Group, the Durango and Montrose Interagency Dispatch Centers could be closed down. Colorado has six...

BROOKSVILLE – If you can keep a level head during an emergency, are good at multi-tasking, want to help others and deliver great customer service, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office wants to hear from you. According to a press release, the agency will be holding a...

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Fire Department and Phoenix Police Department are in need of more 911 dispatchers and are looking to hire dozens of people. In total, they are looking to fill 66 positions. "I consider our dispatch center the nucleus of every call," said Phoenix...

TIOGA COUNTY, Pa. (WETM) – First responders in Tioga County are getting another major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T. New, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites will enhance voice and mobile...

Crawford County Public Safety is set to receive some new communication equipment, following a series of unanimous votes at the Oct. 27 meeting of the Crawford County commissioners. Commissioners approved the replacement of the communication stations for Public...

Several counties and cities banded together to better share information and improve 911 capabilities using a cloud-hosted spatial database. Georgia’s Coastal Regional Commission (CRC), which does orthoimagery and lidar economies-of-scale projects through mutual peer...

By Joshua Molina Noozhawk Staff Writer Santa Barbara will join other jurisdictions in the county to create a combined Regional Fire Communications Facility. The city expects to pay about $756,000 to be part of the single communications facility designed to improve...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is trying to hire more 911 dispatchers. “Every day, right now as we’re sitting here talking, there’s a 911 call being answered and someone’s getting help,” said Maj. Michael Hubbs. “A lot of our heroes carry guns. Some...

ALBANY — A fire at a landmark church that led to the arrest of four people also revealed staffing shortages in the city's emergency dispatch center. City police and firefighters were called to the former St. Joseph’s Church in the Ten Broeck Triangle neighborhood on...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The country is experiencing a shortage of first responders. That shortage has reached Eastern Kentucky. In Pikeville, firefighters, police officers, EMS workers, and dispatchers have all been hard to come by, but some have resolved the issue...

HARBOR SPRINGS — Victor Sinadinoski, Harbor Springs city manager, will represent both that city and Petoskey on the Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Emmet 911 Central Dispatch Authority board. The new appointment follows the departure of Rob Straebel, the former Petoskey...

Kitsap voters approved adding a sales-and-use tax of one-tenth of 1% to replace Kitsap 911's emergency radio system, according to initial results reported by the Kitsap County Auditor's Office on Tuesday night. In Tuesday's result, 66.3% voted "yes" to raise the sales...

Nov. 1—After a nationwide search, the interim director will take on the official title as the new director of the Weld County Regional Communications Center. Tina Powell will step up as the director of county's communications center after serving as the interim...

Our Police Emergency Communications Centres are marking a milestone, celebrating 25 years of delivering critical emergency services for both public safety and the safety of frontline police officers. While 111 calls have been taken for many years, it wasn’t until 1996...

WAUWATOSA, WI—A 911 emergency dispatcher helped deliver a baby in Wauwatosa. Dispatcher Rhondi Love assisted a Wauwatosa family deliver a baby over the phone utilizing Emergency Medical Dispatch, according to the Wauwatosa Police Department. EMD is a system that...