National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 14-18, honors dispatchers who assess a situation and dispatch emergency services and law enforcement. When the phone rings, someone is prepared to ...

Police were sent to the 1700 block of Verbeke Street around 5:30 p.m. for a 17-year-old boy who was shot, county 911 ...

The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne was set to revolutionise the design of attack helicopters, setting the benchmark for decades to come - if only politics didn't kill the program before the Cheyenne could ...

They are emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs ... Make NPSTW extra special by ordering t-shirts for your team with your agency’s logo and some type of graphic or message about their importance ...

"McGriddle … I’m sorry, what?” the dispatcher seemed to say on the call A new father was in shock after he called 911 about a potential intruder at his Georgia ...

Hundreds of people were seen at the Nebraska State Capitol protesting President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday. Dodge County authorities have identified the three victims killed in a ...

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. — A 911 caller in Chatham County, Georgia had a very hard time getting through to dispatchers when he thought someone was breaking into his home. When he finally did get ...

EAU CLAIRE — On the week of April 13, Eau Claire 911 Dispatch will be celebrating, alongside call centers throughout the country, more than 50 years of service during the annual National ...

One challenge shared by residents and 911 operators was a dispatch center pushed beyond its capacity for handling calls. In a two-hour period of downed trees and power lines, fires and traffic ...

The proposal comes after Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, kicked the state’s second most populous city out of the 911 dispatch system in January. Rep. Timm ...

(The Center Square) – Spokane County’s emergency dispatch system inched one step closer to a major financial shakeup after state lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that critics say could ...

A Georgia man called 911 when he thought someone was breaking into his home — but he heard the dispatcher ordering breakfast from McDonald’s on the other end of the line, according to a report.