ALBANY — The state Department of Health this week detailed the COVID-19 vaccine plan as New York continues in Phase 1a and begins to serve the initial groups from Phase 1b. Beginning Jan. 11: – Individuals Age 75 and older – First Responders and Support Staff for...

OUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky State Police (KSP) is seeking to train and hire 34 full-time and part-time Telecommunicator positions. Jobs are open at 13 post locations across the commonwealth. KSP Telecommunicators handle dispatch duties for Kentucky State...

Marion County Judge John Massey wants the public to know he has a different view of the current situation regarding 911 dispatching services. Unless the cities of Bull Shoals and Flippin pay approximately $21,000 each, the county will no longer provide ancillary law...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska news anchor thanked first responders who saved his newborn son and urged parents to learn CPR in an emotional broadcast on Monday night.  1011 NOW Evening Anchor Bill Schammert went on the air Monday to tell the story of...

Pueblo residents with telephone lines will pay about a dollar more each month per phone to fund the city's 911 communications center. Pueblo Police Chief Troy Davenport presented the fee increase to Pueblo City Council on Monday night. Since 2009, the city...

Carriers won’t get more time to meet vertical location, or z-axis, accuracy requirements for cellular devices that are set to take effect in April. The Federal Communications has rejected requests from CTIA and the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - 9-1-1 service is now restored after and 8-county outage that lasted hours. According to Minnesota Emergency Communication Networks, the 9-1-1 outage affected residents in Olmsted, Dodge, Freeborn, Mower, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties....

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Emergency Communication Networks division is learning more about the incident that affected 911 service for residents in eight southeastern Minnesota counties on Monday. People in Dodge, Freeborn, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele,...

AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced Travis Considine as the Assistant Chief of the Media and Communications Office. Considine’s hiring was approved at the December Texas Public Safety Commission meeting. He is stationed at DPS’ Austin...

The city of Aurora and the city of Marionville’s fire and police departments are now consolidated into the county-wide dispatching system operated by the Monett-Lawrence County E911 system, resulting in all calls for emergency service being dispatched from one...

Two Howard County police officers and a 911 dispatcher are credited with saving a man’s life after he collapsed on tennis courts in Columbia last month. A 911 caller advised that a man playing pickleball collapsed and was unconscious. Dispatcher Joanna Blankenship...

EASTHAM — Firefighters get trucks and hoses; police officers, cuffs; EMTs, those screaming sirens. But 911 dispatchers? To them goes little glitz, little drama, still less recognition. The job may sound like a telephone operator’s, nothing more. But as Head Dispatcher...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — A retired local police officer died after a medical emergency, and the FOX 8 I-TEAM is investigating the response to the 9-1-1 call. Retired Brooklyn Heights officer Dennis Derbin’s family called for help there, but a regional dispatch...

HOLBROOK — Director Steve Hooke is pleased to announce that staff at the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center (HRECC) has formally moved into the new facility as of today. Construction of the new 5,967 square-foot building began in September 2019 and...

Nebraska is looking at the final stages of establishing Next Generation 911 services but, according to local officials, Platte County is already on the way to achieving it. “It’s basically an overhaul of the 911 system to try to bring call centers into the digital age...