WINCHESTER — Frederick County Public Safety Communications is hosting two career fairs to recruit employees. The fairs will be held Oct. 29 and Nov. 16 at the Public Safety Building at 1080 Coverstone Drive. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. No entries will be...

Twenty-three law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT’s 128th telecommunications...

There are some jobs where the person performing the job paints a picture for others. Artists, journalists, musicians and others use their crafts to explain or relate what is going on at a given moment. The importance of one such job is shown in life or death...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A former call taker for Youngstown’s 911 center pleaded guilty Monday to obstructing a human trafficking investigation that her son was a suspect in. Judge Anthony Donofrio sentenced Elaine Hellman, 72, to 18 months probation after she...

It was a dream of Misty Burke to become a 911 Dispatcher when she was a young girl. That dream became a reality and Burke is one of the dedicated dispatchers working in the 911 center in the Wagoner County Court House. Burke went above and beyond the call of duty...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Amarillo Emergency Communications Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The consolidated center has numerous resources including police, fire, and two ambulance systems. They are also able to handle calls for animal control....

The First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet Authority) Technology Headquarters in Boulder, CO - home to the FirstNet Innovation and Test Lab and a future experience center - continues to be a focal point for transforming the future of public safety...

Volusia County employees worked 627,200 hours of overtime totaling nearly $19 million in the past fiscal year that ended on Oct. 1, a News-Journal analysis found. Since 2013, the amount of overtime the county has paid has increased every year — from $14.4 million six...

Bernalillo County is hiring in its Emergency Communications Department. The department is comprised of trained and certified personnel that receive 911 and non-emergency calls for service, dispatch law enforcement and fire/rescue to the citizens in unincorporated...

North Texas Regional EMS’ (NTREMS) use of Pulsara on FirstNet – America’s public safety communications platform – has paid dividends in quality of care, patient outcomes and efficiency of care coordination. Most notably, after implementing Pulsara and using FirstNet,...

The government of Ontario in Canada has chosen Bell Mobility to rebuild core components of the province’s aging Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN), in a contract worth CAD 765 million. The network is used by the province’s more than 38,000 first responders, including...

After at least 10 years of brainstorming and back-and-forth, an E-911 Joint Communications Center that houses dispatch representatives from the City of Columbus and Platte County is up and running. The facility, located within the Administration Building at Columbus...

Board members of the St. Francois County Joint Communications Center reviewed financials and upcoming projects Wednesday when they met. They also briefly discussed the 911 center’s Monday meeting with Farmington city and police officials regarding a possible merger in...

Grays Harbor News Group Sales taxes across the county will increase by one-tenth of one percent if voters approve the only countywide measure on the November ballot. The money would be used to improve the radio infrastructure for emergency services throughout the...

ROCK SPRING, Ga. — In an emergency situation when lives are on the line, seconds can make all the difference. That's why Walker County Schools recently invested state school safety funds to enhance its Incident Management System. The school system now is the first in...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A lead dispatcher with the Corvallis 911 Comm-Center has added another Oregon award to her resume'. It's a statewide Dispatcher Life-Saving award to Heidi Ferguson. In the words of Heidi Ferguson's 911 boss, she knows what she's doing. 28 years of...

JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Earlier this week it was confirmed Jasper County had a cyber attack on their countywide systems, including email and emergency response systems. At that time, county officials said 911 and emergency dispatch services were not having any...

Fortuna Police are warning area residents of a phone scam alleging to be a call from the Social Security Administration. The caller apparently is spoofing phone numbers, making it appear that the calls are legitimate, when they in fact are not, according to police....

DUKES COUNTY – Due to high, damaging winds and adverse weather conditions, the Dukes County Regional Emergency Communication Center lost power in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 17th. Lights may have gone dark in the center, but dispatchers never lost the...

The Tioga County 911 emergency communications center will host an open house Oct. 24 from 1-6 p.m. at the 99 William Farrell Drive building behind the Tokishi Center, Wellsboro. The county commissioners issued a proclamation .... Read More....