HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN — Think of it as a $4,000 iPad for ambulances

The American Red Cross recently launched a new collection of free, online tools to help businesses, schools, and other organizations prepare for emergencies.

SHAWNEE COUNTY, KS — The new emergency communications system Shawnee County wants to install sometime next year more than likely will block the general public and the media from listening in.

WALLER COUNTY, TX — With wildfires raging around him and frustrated by the lack of information from official sources, Trey Duhon took action.

MONTPELIER, VT — Verizon Wireless customers in Vermont can now send a text message to 911 for emergency help as part of a six-month trial to test the potential of this technology.

STEWART COUNTY, TN — There was some tension in the air at an April 12 called meeting as Stewart County E911 Committee members, public safety officials and sheriff’s office dispatchers wrangled with the question of which vendor to choose for the purchase of Next Generation 911 equipment, a choice that has been hurried along by a massive lightning strike on April...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A wild turkey that flew into power lines knocked out Sonoma County’s high-tech emergency 911 dispatch system Sunday night and crippled operations at the courthouse and county jail Monday.