MADISON, Wis. — Across Wisconsin, 911 dispatch shortages continue, but an outgoing Dane County leader is making sure he leaves as a trailblazer, by building up a new pilot program.

The manager wrote a memo to police Chief Shawny Williams proposing to outsource police and fire dispatch services to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office. READ FULL ARTICLE

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s office recently deployed Smart911, a nationwide program that lets people provide additional information that can be used in an emergency.

This coastal town has gone old school with a modern twist — installing an emergency call box powered by satellite, battery, and solar power across the street from Black Rock Beach in Wadleigh Park, an area infamous locally for its lack of cell service.

At 6 a.m. this morning, the Ohio Telecommunicators Emergency Response Taskforce (Ohio TERT) departed Columbus for Lee County, Fort Myers, Florida to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.  READ FULL ARTICLE For updates on the deployment please go HERE

The North Carolina 911 Board has awarded $16.3 million in grants that will benefit 911 call centers in 11 counties and cities across the state. The board also is opening a new round of funding for cooperation and enhancements by local public safety answering points...

Organizations and agencies in our area are continuing to send crews down to Florida for Hurricane Ian relief efforts. A group of Hamilton County 911 telecommunicators are heading down there. The six telecommunicators from Hamilton County will be joined by 16 others...

A team (TERT) of 911 emergency communications specialist deployed Friday for an operation in Naples, Florida, to help local first responders with answering emergency calls and dispatching resources as Florida continues to recover from Hurricane Ian. Hawkins County ECD...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WMTV) - Rock County 911 Communications Center director Kathy Sukus is set to retire on Tuesday after 29 years working in the public safety response field. Sukus was the first dispatcher hired when the center opened in 1993. Throughout her career, she...

PSBTA Vision 2022 conference in Las Vegas brought together first responders, technology experts, and equipment manufacturers READ FULL ARTICLE

Following the destruction of Hurricane Ian, many telephone lines are down throughout Charlotte County. In order to meet the needs of our residents, the Communications Center has begun utilizing cell phones to take emergency calls. READ FULL ARTICLE

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) -The Portland City Council is considering a pilot program designed to help shorten wait times for 9-1-1 calls. According to Commissioner Mingus Mapps, the national standard for 9-1-1 calls is a 15-second wait time at most. In Portland, the current...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - Doctors told Erricka Moorehead that her due date was September 12. But her daughter had a different plan, and Gabriela Marie Cooper was born on August 8 when Moorehead was at home alone.

Stopgap funding legislation that is designed to prevent a federal-government shutdown this weekend includes language extending the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority into December, although the impact on potential funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments...

The city’s director of public safety communications had a message for the Hill South community management team: in an emergency, call 911 — not the personal number of the neighborhood’s top cop. “We did call 911,” responded Meghan Currey, who heads the...

The towns of Braintree and Randolph have received a $4.1 million grant from the state for the development of a regional public safety dispatch center next to town hall. The center would serve Braintree's police and fire departments and the Randolph police. Officials...

Hearing held to discuss 911 call center issues in DC A hearing was held on Wednesday to discuss the issues and how to improve the District’s Office of Unified Communications after several issues have been reported with wrong addresses and a slower-than-expected...

A resolution introduced at Monday night's city council meeting proposed the city use a faster, more reliable system called Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911), saying, in part, it will "provide faster and more reliable emergency assistance by using updated technology to...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Edmonson County Dispatch Center Director, Robin Rigdon, says the center can get anywhere from 35 to 70 calls a day. “Our consoles have reached the maximum capabilities of the radio channels that we can answer for,” Rigdon said.

The California emergency response system is getting a makeover to increase data sharing, automate notifications and integrate mapping.