Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. “I was actually on the stretcher and they were rolling me to the...

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — A hazardous material incident resulted in the evacuation of the Burlington County 911 Call Center late Tuesday afternoon, according to county officials. Four employees were hospitalized as a precaution after a carbon monoxide leak at the...

Daviess County and the city of Washington appear to have reached an agreement for a combined emergency dispatch system. “After meeting with the mayor (Washington Mayor Dave Rhoads) and councilman (Washington City Councilman Allen) Brown on June 14, we have come to a...

As Montgomery County continues to grow rapidly, the county is turning to the Conroe ISD police department for help managing emergency calls. The Montgomery County Emergency Communications District is the local agency charged with providing emergency communications...

The county is looking into the possibility of moving the 911 dispatch center into a building near the Grant County Regional Airport in John Day. Paul Gray, the county’s emergency manager, said a new location for the dispatch center — which is its own agency — would...

(FOX 9) - A county sheriff's office in northern Wisconsin says it has taken more than 700 accidental 911 calls this year, which it attributes to an iPhone feature that can be accidentally triggered while boating or riding ATVs. According to the Langlade County...

Kent Police said the department and Valley Communications Center are reviewing the 52-minute response time by officers to a 911 call June 14 when a boyfriend reportedly beat and strangled his girlfriend to death at a local hotel. “We are deeply saddened by the...

Over the last year, the Council Bluffs Fire Department, Council Bluffs Water Works and the Pottawattamie County 911 Communications Center underwent the ISO PPC evaluation process. I'm happy to report that Council Bluffs received a Class 1 rating that goes into effect...

Mayor Sylvester Turner has appointed the interim director of the Houston Emergency Center to the permanent role, according to a press release. Robert Mock took on the interim role on Feb. 1, a day after the previous director, David Cutler, retired....

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s 9-1-1 Program and RapidSOS, an emergency response data platform, announced Monday a partnership to deliver lifesaving enhanced location data to each of the state’s 43 9-1-1 centers. Oregon is the first in the nation to securely deploy...

DALLAS - The Dallas Police Department is addressing the 911 dispatch staffing shortage that has led to delays in response time to some priority calls. The department says it is adding and moving staff around to beef up the emergency call center and getting more...

Upper Arlington is eyeing an estimated $2.5 million in security upgrades and renovations to the city's Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road.   Space from the city's former 911 dispatching room can be incorporated into either the existing UAPD space or City...

With a study into a potential merger with the city of Chandler on Emergency Call Center services now called off, Maricopa is looking to build its own facility and host operations for municipal partners. The Chandler study was halted for a variety of reasons, according...

The Harker Heights City Council, at a recent meeting, heard a report from City Manager David Mitchell, concerning the updating of the Bell County 9-1-1 Communications Center Agreement, which, in addition to Harker Heights, serves Killeen, Temple, Belton, and Bell...

Apple’s devices are usually expensive relative to the competition. The argument that Apple fans make on behalf of the company is that Apple doesn’t compromise its quality. Thus, you would expect that its devices will be perfect and without any design fails. However,...