NEW YORK — Fire department 911 operators moved out of the city’s 911 call center in the Bronx after workers cut some Verizon cable lines near the building, FDNY sources said Thursday. FDNY emergency call operators at the Public Safety Answering Center II in Pelham Bay have … [Read more...]

A federal jury returned a verdict against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville regarding the termination of a former employee. The court ruled that Danyelle Bennett was fired based on her exercise of free speech rights under the First Amendment and awarded damages or back … [Read more...]

Two African-American police dispatchers are suing the city of Homewood alleging workplace discrimination. Charity Moore and LaShawn Smith’s recently filed federal lawsuit claims supervisors handled their family medical leave and work requirements differently than those of … [Read more...]

As Tacoma firefighters battled a blaze at a Hilltop home on the night of Tuesday June 11th, a command pickup truck, referred to as Battalion two, was stolen. According to charges filed in Pierce County Superior Court, Clinton Scott, 38, jumped in the truck that was at the … [Read more...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Work to upgrade the city-owned radio system that serves emergency responders in Leon County crashed the system briefly Tuesday morning. City spokesperson Alison Faris says the radio network unexpectedly went down Tuesday morning, while vendor … [Read more...]

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The city of San Diego announced a partnership with county officials Monday to address staffing and capacity concerns for a program that assists frequent 911 callers and reduces the strain on the county's emergency response centers. The San Diego Fire-Rescue … [Read more...]

Please state the nature of your bedbug emergency. The city’s 911 call center in the Bronx has been crawling with bedbugs for the past two weeks, and the NYPD won’t pull out its personnel to fumigate, several 911 operators told the Daily News. Emergency call operators first … [Read more...]

FALL RIVER -- A public safety dispatcher was disciplined in January for drinking a nip of alcohol while working a shift last fall, according to the chief of police. Several sources identified that dispatcher as Hayleigh Dootson. Police Chief Albert Dupere said Friday she has … [Read more...]

More than a decade after the £23 million Waterbeach building was built in Cambridgeshire, it remains empty with taxpayers still picking up the pieces of the disastrous project. The high tech centre was built as part of a national project to centralise emergency call handling … [Read more...]

About 20 minutes passed from the time dispatchers were first notified of numerous shots fired on Des Moines' northwest side on Nov. 2, 2016, and when other first responders around the metro began to learn two police officers had been shot. Every minute in between … [Read more...]