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The $67.5 million facility brings all emergency staff under one roof with seismic upgrades, wellness features and space to expand.
Northampton County's key role in potential plans to consolidate and regionalize four 911 emergency dispatch systems across the Lehigh Valley was laid out to Northampton County Council committee ...
Update: As of 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Canton's 911 system has been restored and ... if their call isn’t answered promptly. No other emergency dispatch centers appear to be affected.
There are about 20 nurse navigation programs across the country that coordinate with 911 emergency dispatch centers to free up ambulances and reduce emergency department visits. Through these ...
Wythe County Emergency Communications Center has reached a significant milestone by being officially recognized as an Accredited Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Communications Center ... When someone ...
Emergency dispatch services have been restored after a 911 outage that began Monday night and continued until Tuesday morning, according to a public safety alert released at around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday.
To get here today my staff sent me a pin. We should have that same technology and it's our desire this next generation that...that be what happens." The Next Generation 911 system also serves the ...
Cobb County’s Department of Emergency Communications (DEC) has earned one of the highest honors from the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED). The IAED recently announced that Cobb’s ...
There are situations where you may need to text instead of call. In a PSA from Brown County 911 emergency dispatch, they explain texting can be for someone who’s in a situation where it isn’t ...
Calls from worried parents flooded the Barrow County 911 call center. The emergency dispatch center fielding reports of an active shooter at a Georgia high school was overwhelmed with 911 calls as ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. - Berrien County’s 911 Emergency Dispatch Center has signed a new agreement to handle calls from non-English speakers, which was approved by the Berrien County Board of ...
Meanwhile, 80% of 911 calls come from wireless devices. Platforms like Prepared and RapidSOS bridge the gap between modern smartphone capabilities and traditional emergency dispatch infrastructure.