Lawmakers in Texas are taking steps to help 911 and EMS professionals save more lives. Texas recently passed House Bill 786, which ensures all Texas 911 dispatchers are trained in the delivery of high-quality T-CPR.1 Telecommunicator-CPR is the process by which a 911...

Description Responsibilities: Implements, directs and guides dispatch services Answers emergency and non-emergency calls for service Receives and records information and requests for police/security services in a computerized database Dispatches field personnel...

SWEETWATER COUNTY — Sweetwater County residents will have the chance to vote on a 1 percent general purpose tax proposition in November in a special election. The Sweetwater County Board of Commissioners, the City of Green River, Town of Superior, Town of Wamsutter...

Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Professionals (APCO) International has announced Deann MacLeod of Kingman, Arizona has graduated from the prestigious Certified Public-Safety Executive (CPE) Program. Deann MacLeod serves as...

Elected officials are bringing “next generation” emergency communication technology to the region, and that benefits everyone who finds themselves in an emergency and the first responders sent to help. The Union County Commissioners voted to join the internet-based...

28 June 2021 marked the official end of the Solution Prototype Phase (Phase 2) of the BroadWay PCP, with the notification of end of phase 2 results to the three competing consortia - Airbus DS, Frequentis AG and Leonardo S.p.A. Throughout Phase 2, the consortia were...

VICTORIA — British Columbia is overhauling the ambulance service to reduce wait times for the most serious 911 calls after complaints about long delays during medical emergencies, the health minister says. Adrian Dix said Wednesday that calls increased dramatically...

This commentary is by Stephen Whitaker of Montpelier, an author who has worked for 30 years on integrating planning, government transparency and accountability, public records access and more recently utility networks resiliency. Vermont finally has a newly adopted...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - A Saginaw murder may put the spotlight on the need for more police officers in the city. 23-year-old Nala Wallace was found shot to death on a porch on the southwest part of the city in the early morning hours of July 5th. That wasn’t the only...

Skagit 911 is seeking approval from its governing board to put a 0.1% sales tax increase on the November ballot. That amounts to a $1 increase on a $1,000 purchase and would generate roughly $3.85 million annually and give the county's emergency dispatch center a...

On behalf of Pro-M, the operator of the Hungarian Public Safety Network, Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF) has tested a multi-cell, mission-critical LTE network in real operation. The central 700 MHz LTE test system was set up in the city centre of Budapest and consisted of an...

Phone technology has evolved at an incredible pace, from the first cellphone in the 1980s, to the sophisticated computers we call smartphones in our pockets now. But some of the most important calls we make are to 9-1-1 in an emergency. And the system that 9-1-1...

9-1-1 service in Santa Monica is currently unreliable with officials asking the public to call (310) 458-8491 in the event of an emergency. According to the City of Santa Monica, the issue began around 9:20 p.m. Monday. “The City of Santa Monica advises everyone in...

(The Center Square) – North Carolina's Local Government Commission (LGC) approved more than $126 million in financing for government buildings in six municipalities Tuesday. The county will build a 360-bed detention facility, a 911 communications center and a...

 (TX) Construction is underway on the new police headquarters in downtown Lubbock. The headquarters is yet another component in the city's Public Safety Improvements Project, which was approved by the city council in 2017. The $60 million Public Safety Improvements...

GUERNSEY COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) – If a picture is worth a thousand words, an upgrade to Guernsey County’s 911 system is priceless. The Carbyne-C Live system allows the dispatcher to see the scene of the emergency as well as hear the caller’s voice. If the caller is on a...