BANGOR, ME — The employees at the Penobscot Regional Communication Center will make the holidays a bit brighter for two military families that are struggling this holiday season.

HAMILTON, ON, CANADA — The number of times one or no ambulances were available to respond to emergencies in Hamilton has more than quadrupled in the past four years.

HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC — Emergency agencies throughout Haywood County expect to be clocking in quicker response times soon.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — San Diego County’s new emergency website was unveiled at a Board of Supervisors meeting today.

WILTON, CT — After two major storms left many residents without electricity or water for more than a week in some cases, the town of Wilton is now getting serious about streamlining its emergency response communication to residents via social media and radio broadcasting.

TUPELO, AL — Lee County and its municipalities will significantly increase their annual allocations to E911 to plug shortfalls in the emergency-response agency they all share.

PORT HADLOCK, WA — An unplanned outage last week proved to be a test run of a partnership developing between emergency dispatchers in Jefferson and Clallam counties — and it was reportedly seamless.