Archive for the ‘Community’

  • Switch to cell phones costs Logan County 911 Center
    LOGAN COUNTY, IL — The switch from landlines to cell phones is costing the Logan County 911 Center thousands of dollars in tax revenue each year.
    by at November 28th, 2011 at 10:11 am
  • 911 chief looks to better system
    SARPY COUNTY, NE — The ink is barely dry on Sarpy County’s latest 911 service agreement, and its emergency management director is already thinking about a better system.
    by at November 28th, 2011 at 09:11 am
  • Program can help reduce calls to assisted living centers
    OLYMPIA, WA — Here’s a common-sense quiz: When a patient in one of the many assisted-living facilities in South Sound slips and falls, who responds, helps the patient back to bed and does a medical assessment?
    by at November 23rd, 2011 at 09:11 am
  • Funding trouble for 911
    VINCENNES, IN — A southern Indiana E-911 system has a money emergency of its own. The Knox County system is losing funding rapidly. The county council has stepped in to provide some stop gap money, but the real solution will require some work from state lawmakers. Knox County’s E-911 system was supposed to be self supporting. The equipment and salaries were...
    by at November 22nd, 2011 at 01:11 pm
  • New emergency response system shaving off time firefighters arrive
    WEBER COUNTY, UT — Weber County fire officials say they have been able to arrive at the scene in record time.
    by at November 22nd, 2011 at 09:11 am
  • Phone upgrade paves way for new 911 technology
    COLUMBIA, MO — The Public Safety Joint Communications department has taken a step into the future with the purchase of a nearly $600,000 phone system upgrade.
    by at November 21st, 2011 at 11:11 am
  • Muskego Police Department is telling residents to stop calling 9-1-1
    WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI — A battle is raging in one Waukesha County city over who should answer 9-1-1 cell phone calls and whether or not people should even bother to call 9-1-1.
    by at November 21st, 2011 at 10:11 am