In response to Lynne Bayley’s viewpoint last week, I believe the residents of Huron County should hear my response. My name is Tacy Bond and I am the 9-1-1 coordinator for Huron County. I started on Jan. 1, 2018. I worked as a telecommunicator for Norwalk Police...

MCLEAN, Va. — The Monitoring Association has begun issuing TMA Certificates of Verification to qualifying alarm companies to support review of eligibility for FirstNet services. In April, TMA reached an agreement with AT&T to provide qualified alarm companies with...

A 911 dispatcher was able to talk a couple through a nerve-wracking situation. Missy Piche answered a call at 8:34 am. Calling 911 was a panicked Ryan Howell, whose wife, Devinne, was in labor. Devinne had called Ryan to let him know she was in labor. He rushed home...

(Editors Note: This is posted under the category of "you just can't make this stuff up".) Tina Springer purportedly was shot by the golden Lab when she and the older gentleman she serves as an aide to were waiting for a train to pass in Enid. Officials believe the dog...

Princeton, NJ, October 3, 2019: IXP Corporation—a prominent national public safety managed services company—has entered into a consulting contract with York County to reorganize and improve the training, management structure, and operational processes of the county’s...

GEORGETOWN — Sussex County’s front lines of emergency services will be front and center for the public to see and better understand later this week. The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center will host its 20th annual 9-1-1 Awareness Day, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Dispatcher Starting pay is $19.34/hr. Black Hawk Consolidated Communications (E911) Center is seeking calm, caring persons who can thrive in a high stress atmosphere. Apply online, and take the 2-hour dispatcher exam for the position of Civilian Police, Fire and EMS...

ALLEGHENY CO., Pa. - An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher has been suspended after he was charged with assaulting his 2-month-old son. Michael Koban, 34, is facing charges of....

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced local emergency call centers can apply for grants to upgrade to Next Generation 911 (NG 9-1-1) technology. The funding is made possible by a $4.3 million grant from the federal 911 Grant Program. “These funds will help expand...

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County is on the receiving end of a $1 million state grant to help pay for much-needed upgrades to its 911 radio system. While the announcement is considered good news, it’s a drop in the bucket considering the...

STRASBURG, Colo. — When a 911 call came in about a rollover crash on a rural road in Adams County in August, dispatchers initially believed the crash happened about 16 miles away from the actual location. In the call, initiated by one of the victims of the crash, he...

Next week, at the 23rd annual 911 Oklahoma Public Safety Conference, two local residents are going to be recognized as heroes. Justin Beaver, communication systems manager for the City of Shawnee, is set to receive an award as 911 Technology Person of the Year and...

FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Thursday afternoon to appoint Amanda Simoneau as interim director of the county Regional Communications Center, county Clerk Julie Magoon said Thursday afternoon .... Read More....

Two weeks ago I sent a FOIA request to Greene County requesting information related to the training/certification of County staff working in the Greene County Emergency Communications Center (ECC). I was not required to tell the County why I was making this request;...

On July 4, 2018, San Juan County 911 received a report of a victim falling 40 feet down a rocky bluff on Obstruction Island and into the water. That call launched a prolonged and complex rescue that involved multiple agencies, presented numerous challenges, and...

A Transit Police dispatcher says he's owed big time for getting fired after watching a TV account of the arraignment of a woman charged with climbing onto the base of the Statue of Liberty in a political protest and telling coworkers she "should go back to Africa," -...

The Amherst Police Department is accepting applications for the position of part-time dispatcher, according to a news release.  Applications are available at the Amherst Police Department, 911 N. Lake St., and must be returned by 4 p.m., Oct. 14, the release...

Since 2015, Hunter Sanders has been dispatching and assisting troopers in what is commonly referred to as Area III (Southwest Indiana). Currently of Ellettsville, Hunter lives with his wife Colte and their 4-month-old son. A graduate of Edgewood High School, Hunter...

A 911 dispatcher for the Lee County Sheriff's Office has been suspended for two days and placed on six months of disciplinary probation after she told a man to dispose of evidence. Authorities say that Amanda Kinzler called a man on a recorded landline who was...

A new software system has upgraded the way Berkeley County S.C., public safety agencies share data and eliminates the duplication that occurred until the deployment of the system last month.