ORANGE COUNTY, NC — Orange County Emergency Services responders are tired of getting lost when responding to calls in rural parts of the county.

HANNIBAL, MO — Concerns regarding the possible alarm that might be generated by Wednesday afternoon’s first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System apparently were for naught, at least locally. Marion County 911, Hannibal police and fire report receiving zero calls from the public regarding the 1 p.m. test which cut in on television and radio programs.

BRONX, NY — Joseph Cerbone says he was behind the wheel of his Bx55 bus near Fordham Plaza at around 5 a.m. Friday when he was attacked.

KEIZER, OR — Keizer voters in the Tuesday special election overwhelmingly rejected a fee that would have raised $838,000 per year for police and fire departments.

Today, national organizations representing the public safety and wireless industries released the following statements in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 3rd Annual Report to Congress on State Collection and Distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 Fees and Charges.

NATIONWIDE — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will conduct the first-ever national-level test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS).

WICHITA, KS — Dispatchers are reminding residents to only call 911 if they have a real emergency after the center was rocked by phone calls after the Oklahoma earthquake Saturday night.