FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A West Virginia county passed a resolution recognizing 911 dispatchers as first responders. The resolution was signed by the Marion County Commission on Tuesday, according to the WDTV. The text of the resolution states that dispatchers make the same...

City councilors will hear an update on the administration of the tax during a Monday work session. The city didn’t provide any details in the staff report that went out ahead of the meeting. The tax, which the City Council approved in June, is projected to initially...

United States District Judge William Martinez has denied the Board of County Commissioners’ motion to dismiss Nicole Garner’s, Maria Chavez’ and Chelsa Parsons’ civil lawsuit against Lake County Government. The women, all of whom worked as dispatchers under former...

EXCLUSIVE: Ambulance dispatcher Luke Wright and paramedics Christopher Gill and Richard Grimes all died suddenly after a whistleblower raised concerns about psychological abuse An ambulance service where three staff have died of suspected suicide in two weeks has been...

Duane Raible did not know it at the time, but in the early morning hours of Oct. 2, the Pennsylvania man was having a major stroke. "The whole room went bizarre. I almost passed out. I pushed myself back to the bed and lay down," Raible said.  "I realized right then...

When Oregon, Ohio, emergency dispatcher Tim TenEyck received a call earlier this month from a woman who said she wanted to order a pizza, he initially thought she’d dialed the number by mistake. About half the calls he’s received in his 14 years as a dispatcher hadn’t...

DECATUR — Police said 911 dispatchers in Decatur could hear the sound of multiple gunshots as worried residents called in to report weapons fire in their neighborhood early Saturday. Detective Sgt. Chris Copeland with Decatur Police said officers were sent to the 600...

An Ohio woman used "ordering a pizza" as code to let a 911 operator know her mother was in danger, and the operator is now being praised for his quick thinking. The Nov. 13 call came into Oregon, Ohio, 911 dispatcher Tim Teneyck, who was initially confused by the...

EBENSBURG – Cambria County’s 911 center handled 56,000 emergency calls last year.  Telecommunication Officer Tina Stimely received a 911 emergency call on Oct. 19 from a Southmont home. Stimely’s training would determine what would happen next.  “This is a...

WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) The most current, longest tenured trooper in the Vermont State Police has retired. Capt. Tom Hango began his career with State Police in 1986, as an auxiliary trooper and part-time dispatcher. He became a full-time trooper in 1990. Capt. Hango...

Calling 911 is something everyone knows to do in case of an emergency. However, you may not know exactly what happens between dialing the number and an officer arriving on scene. In this week’s article, we’ll answer the question of who’s taking the call and what to do...

OREGON, Ohio - A quick-thinking woman placing a bogus pizza order and a sharp 911 dispatcher teamed up to halt a recent domestic violence incident in Ohio, multiple news outlets reported. According to Toledo’s The Blade, an insistent caller ordering a large pizza...

As Owensboro and Daviess County have become home to more diverse populations, the city-county 911 dispatch center has also seen an increase in the diversity of languages they are hearing on emergency calls. While Spanish and Burmese are the foreign languages that...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) After a girl calls 9-1-1 and orders a pepperoni pizza to hint to police that her mother was in a domestic dispute, questions have raised if code words like these are the new norm when calling for help. KMVT dug a little deeper, and...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Nelson County recently started using new technology that's helping 911 dispatchers save time, which can make all the difference in an emergency situation. "Every second does in fact count," Milt Spalding, Nelson County's 911 director said....

Twenty-four law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. Samuel Shoup, of the Boone County Public Safety Center, graduated as a trainee of distinction. The...

ROGERSVILLE — As of Wednesday afternoon, all staff members at the Hawkins Co. Emergency Communications District’s E-911 dispatch center have been re-certified to handle Emergency Medical Dispatch calls, and the center was again dispatching those calls. The two days of...

ROGERSVILLE — Questions surrounding the Emergency Medical Dispatching certifications of several Hawkins Co. Emergency Communications District dispatchers resulted this week in all staff having to be re-certified by an onsite instructor, and a full training audit of...

There’s more proof this (Wednesday) afternoon the 911 center in the Nation’s Capital is incapable of performing its core mission of sending the right help to the right location in a timely manner. In today’s incident, DC Fire & EMS Department Engine 1 attempted to...

A judge has ruled that Douglas County is not liable for damages in a horrific case of domestic violence in which a woman was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend after he fatally shot her two brothers, and it took 40 minutes for 911 to pinpoint the location in west Omaha....