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 ...

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 ...

"These guys are behind the headset, typically unnoticed by society ... She mentioned that nobody eagerly applies to become a ...

DISPATCHERS ARE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE WORK THEY DO ON THE OTHER END OF A CALL, WHEN YOU MAKE AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL, CAN DICTATE HOW THAT SITUATION UNFOLDS.

Traci Fanney, a Greene County 911 dispatcher, worked 12-hour shifts ... like there [were] hours where there [were] people without your headset on one ear and a telephone on the other ear because ...

DISPATCHERS ARE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE WORK THEY DO ON THE OTHER END OF A CALL, WHEN YOU MAKE AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL, CAN DICTATE HOW THAT SITUATION UNFOLDS.

The department is seeking applicants for 15 vacant dispatcher positions. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo WAILUKU — When a 911 caller reported a pregnant woman was going into labor at ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As Buncombe County's 911 dispatch center went down while Helene ripped through, many emergency calls from western North Carolina we re-routed to other counties. The Raleigh ...