Melissa Alterio was approved as the new Cobb County 911 Emergency Communications Department director, in a unanimous vote of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. Alterio comes to her position after heading the Roswell 911 center for five years, and served...

GRANT COUNTY - Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority Supervisor Jasmine Sandoval has been named New Mexico's Emergency Medical Dispatcher of the Year. Sandoval, one of 200 certified emergency medical dispatchers in New Mexico, was selected to receive the...

Modern LED light bar on police cruiser flashing red and blue emergency lights.avid_creative, Contributor / Getty Images Jasper County law enforcement officers, fire departments and ambulances are now being dispatched out of a single location that had its formal open...

The call volume coming into the Chatham-Kent police emergency communications centre (ECC) has gone up recently. A 2020 annual report presented at the police service board this week showed calls increased by seven per cent from 2019 to a total of nearly 199,776 calls...

Photo credit Corey Rogan, Public Information Specialist   Ellis County, TX – Following a tornado that touched down near Forreston on May 3rd, 2021, Ellis County’s emergency services led a coordinated and efficient response, thanks to a newly-integrated public...

During her 17 years at the Department of Public Safety Communications, Chelsea Blake has handled various roles, but her recent efforts to talk an injured man through driving himself to the hospital, earned her unprecedented judicial praise. “My team and I, we’ve heard...

A Seattle City Council committee will look to take a step Tuesday toward making good on moves made last year to move operations out of the police department after mass protests in the city called for a vast defunding of law enforcement. The city’s 2021 budget brought...

Racine County is launching a new Text-to-911 service for residents who are unable to call 911 during an emergency. Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave announced the launch on Tuesday. “Safety is our highest priority, and this is a great public safety...

Calls to Escambia County Emergency Medical Services have increased during the past year, and on Sunday night, a text to EMS staff seeking relief crews noted the department was "beyond critical staffing levels" for the night, forcing supervisors to run calls. Interim...

HOLBROOK — The Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center is pleased to announce that Director Stephan Hooke has been named International Director of the Year for 2021 by the Association of Public Safety Communications Professionals (APCO). The award...

The Dearborn Heights city council voted May 11 to keep the city’s emergency dispatch center, instead of joining Dearborn’s joint dispatch center, and to seek bids for equipment and upgrades. Councilmembers Dave Abdallah, Zouher Abdel-Hak, Mo Baydoun, Denise...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- It would seem Kadijia Smith would be the ideal fit for 911 operator in her hometown.The Durham native and NC Central University graduate with a degree in criminal justice said she hasn't heard anything back from the multiple jobs she's applied...