Titusville Police Public Safety Telecommunicators (PSTs), also known as 911 Dispatchers, answered a heartfelt call for support from their professional counterparts in hurricane ravished Louisiana. Twenty-Two 911 Dispatchers of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office...

MUNCIE, Ind. — Phone problems on Thursday afternoon apparently left some callers unable to reach dispatchers at Delaware County's 911 dispatch center. Muncie Police Chief Nate Sloan said about 5 p.m. the county's 911 service had apparently been restored, and that...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - The Chesapeake Career Center is filling a critical need by training the next generation of 911 emergency dispatchers. They want to make sure when the public calls 911, a trained professional is there to answer the call. After the shooting at Heritage...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Chesterfield County has adopted another technological enhancement for their Emergency Communications Center. This system follows the launch of a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system in May. The Automated Secure Alarm Protocol - also...

This year at the annual conference, the Tennessee Emergency Number Association (TENA) recognized the Wayne County E911 Center by presenting 911 Director Jimmy Turnbow and Sheriff Shane Fisher with the TENA “Dispatch Event of the Year” award which recognizes the hard...

Duggan hired as new EMA director DOVER-FOXCROFT — Those involved in upgrading the county’s public safety radio system agree that improvements are needed, but the question is how the near $5 million cost will be covered. One option may be to put the project out to bond...

“911, what’s the location of your emergency?” That’s the question Ryan Tunks could be heard asking Thursday from his work station on the second floor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Emergency Response Center. Eyes flitting between six different computer screens while...

Three members of Strongsville’s safety forces have been honored by the Knights of Columbus St. Francis of Assisi Council for outstanding work in 2020. Police Officer of the Year Mike Mendise, Firefighter of the Year Andy Smeader and Dispatcher of the Year Angela Love...

YOUNGSTOWN — A new county registry for residents with special needs or mental health disorders is intended to better inform police officers and other responders during emergencies. The new Mahoning County Special Needs Registry is a free and voluntary service allowing...

With the busiest part of the hurricane season upon us, Swansboro commissioners are continuing discussion on the future of a town Emergency Operations Center. Most recently, at the meeting of Aug. 23, commissioners received a report from emergency services officials on...

Former Allegheny County 911 dispatcher Janine Lanese was sentenced Wednesday to probation for lying to law officers trying to find her husband, who was wanted in a California murder plot. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed a term of two years on Lanese,...

With both the city and county signed off on an interlocal agreement for a combined police and fire dispatch center, the real work begins to put that system together. “It isn’t like you just say central dispatch and its there and in place,” said Daviess County...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A long-time Lexington dispatcher is the newest state winner of telecommunicator of the year. “There were days, hard days, that I would go home crying and not want to come back,” award-winner and 911 Supervisor Heather Moncrief said. She said...

GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – Geauga County has a very new resident… a baby boy just about 1-day old Wednesday. The baby was delivered with the help of two public safety dispatchers. Sara Newpher and Jimmy Dhayer took a call from a family in Bainbridge Township early...