There's a new way to contact 911 for help in Summit County: Dispatchers can now receive word of emergencies through text messages. Dispatch leaders say the best way to reach out for help is still ...

A schedule will be set up for training sessions, with administrators training on Jan. 14 and dispatchers training on Jan. 15, 16 and 17. A question was raised about how the new headsets for answering ...

Last week, the center was named the South Carolina Association of Public-Safety Communications (APCO) 911 Center of the Year.

When the stork came earlier than expected an overwhelmed father-to-be called Westchester Emergency Service for much needed ...

LISBON — Columbiana County will switch over to upgraded equipment and software from Solecom for the new next generation 911 system on Jan. 22, with the state shouldering most of the cost. Columbiana ...

Columbiana County will switch over to upgraded equipment and software from Solecom for the new next generation 911 system on Jan. 22, with the state shouldering most of the cost. Columbiana County ...

Call if you can; text if you can’t. It is a new 911 service that has launched in Rock Island and Scott counties.

While voice calls to 911 are still the best and fastest way to contact 911, cell phone users will be able to send a text to ...

In November 2023, village trustees approved a contract with Carbyne, Inc. of New York to provide the Apex 911 Phone System for the village. Included with that system is a new translation service which ...

Head dispatcher Nicole Lund said she doesn’t want the county to pay a consultant to help, adding that she asked Emergency Manager Jeff McGill to help. Lund said she and McGill understand what’s needed ...