On Monday, Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Sec. Jonathan Satter announced almost $860,000 in grant awards to Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Sumter, Walton, and Washington Counties through the E911 State Grant Program. Since January,...

At about 5 p.m. on Sept. 28, Yavapai, Cochise, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Pima counties, as well as Flagstaff and Prescott Valley, said they were experiencing issues with their 911 emergency lines. Prescott Valley Police Department said this was a statewide outage. As of...

Berks County’s 9-1-1 system is working properly, the county’s department of emergency services said Monday night. Several news outlets said law enforcement agencies around the country reported 9-1-1 outages. The Berks department posted the following message on its...

It appears that there is a national 9-1-1 outage. The Steele and Rice County announced earlier tonight that due to 9-1-1 being down in the county the number to dial in an emergency is 507-451-5685 for emergencies. The Minneapolis Police Department tweeted that it was...

Last week, at the NENA Ignite Conference, a staffer from the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau reported that all but three states have provided information for their annual 911 fee report.  The report is required by the “New and Emerging Technologies...

Earlier this year, the department’s Emergency Communications Center was certified as a secondary public-safety answering point, or PSAP, by the Federal Communications Commission. Loudoun County is considered a primary PSAP. Such designation required some technological...

Annapolis, MD (September 28, 2020) – First responders in Waldorf, Md., in Charles County, are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of a new, purpose-built FirstNet cell site. This new infrastructure is a part of the...

Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said Monday that it won't be long before the new emergency communications center will be up and running. Newman said if all goes as planned dispatchers will move to the new building and began to receive and dispatch emergency calls...

WYTHEVILLE, Va. (WSET) -- A Virginia State Police Wytheville Division Dispatcher earned statewide honors at the VSP Superintendent's Award Ceremony. Dispatcher Alexander J. Dolinger was presented with the Virginia State Police 2019 Telecommunicator of the year award...

UPDATE: The communication system appears to be back working at this time. There has been no other information on what caused the outage. ORIGINAL STORY LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The primary communication system for emergency responders across much of Oklahoma has gone...

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY — Joe Hester and Chelsey Jordan Baumann are being remembered by first responders in Champaign County for their dedication to serving the community and willingness to help others. The couple died in a motorcycle accident in Huber Heights on...

Transferring dispatch services from the Communications Center in Meeker to the Colorado State Patrol’s (CSP) regional call center in Craig won’t be as easy as simply signing a contract and pushing a button, RBC Commissioners learned Tuesday in a work session with Jeff...

Emergency Telecommunicators are the calm voice at the other end of every 9-1-1 call, the first of the first responders, and the hidden heroes of emergency services. Toronto Paramedic Services, Toronto Fire Services and the Toronto Police Service recently recognized...

WELLS, Maine — A new communications radio tower that would be used primarily by the town’s police, EMS, dispatch and fire departments has been proposed for a plot of land at 585 North Berwick Road. The 198-foot tower will be located adjacent to the Public Works...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC) and the Johnson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will conduct a test of the Johnson County Emergency Notification System (JCENS) on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Johnson...

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s been over a month since Austin City council voted to cut over 21 million from the Austin police department budget. Up to 130 million dollars in departments and functions could be moved outside of APD control as city leaders continue discussions...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (PRESS RELEASE) - The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is one of the first agencies in the country to implement a new Motorola Solutions 9-1-1 pilot program that allows citizens to send video, photographs, and recordings directly to dispatchers...

NENA Applauds U.S. House Approval of Communications and Technology Bills
27 minutes ago   (0 Comments)Posted by: Chris NussmanThe following statements may be attributed to Dan Henry, Regulatory Counsel and Director of Government Affairs for NENA: The 9-1-1 Association: 
“America’s 9-1-1 community is encouraged by the U.S. House of Representatives votes this week to ensure a resilient communications network amid the coronavirus pandemic. We commend Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) for their advocacy on behalf on these common sense, bipartisan improvements to our nation’s telecommunications system.”
HR 5918 – Emergency Reporting Act 
“NENA strongly supports improvement of the Federal Communications Commission’s outage reporting and preparation functions. Disaster-related outages occur on regular basis, and both public safety and industry must adapt intelligently to save lives. This require coordination, and we applaud the efforts of Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) to improve 9-1-1’s situational awareness through the Emergency Reporting Act.”