KALISPELL, MT — The simple act of calling for help from a cell phone played a huge part in two girls making it off of Big Mountain safely Sunday morning. It’s all because of a technology called triangulation.

WICHITA, KS — The Wichita city council votes Tuesday spend $4 million to replace emergency radios with digitial ones.

A few weeks ago I wrote on the coming of age of the “Digital Public Information Officer (PIO)” and how social media, digital volunteers, and organization is key.  (Find the original posting here: Considerations for the Digital Public Information Officer)  This sparked a lot of great conversation across the Social Media in Emergency Management (SMEM) community...

REGINA, SK CANADA — SaskTel is blaming a computer glitch for several Regina phone calls that were intended for Saskatoon this morning but instead were rerouted to Regina’s 9-1-1 service.

AUSTRALIA — The Federal Government has released a smartphone application to provide quick and easy access to information about emergencies and disasters across the country.

NORTH AUGUSTA, SC — Public Safety dispatchers say they soon will be able to help residents with the Smart911 program.

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