More than 60 emergency calls to police went unheeded overnight in Portland as officers were preoccupied with hundreds of demonstrators downtown and were pelted by rocks. On the 80th consecutive night of protests, the Portland Police Bureau declared a riot around midnight … [Read more...]

Sheriff promises to keep 911 provider accountable to prevent disruptions to service ADRIAN — After two 911 outages this year, the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office is working to try to prevent further problems with its 911 vendor and strengthen its backup plans in case it … [Read more...]

Emergency officials say most phone service has been restored in Gallia County following a fire. The Gallia County Emergency Management Agency said a majority of all non-emergency lines are back up as well as the 911 phone lines. ORIGINAL STORY Officials in Gallia … [Read more...]

Many of the volunteer fire departments and medical first responders in Becker County are having pager problems, to the point where it’s causing issues with communications, according to two fire chiefs who went before the Becker County Board recently. “The big issue is a lot of … [Read more...]

A Volusia County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher was suspended for 30 days without pay after posting a false claim on social media that she contracted coronavirus at work, causing a panic at the telecommunications center, officials said. Jeanne Meyers, 55, who has been a … [Read more...]

D.C. 911 operators mistakenly sent rescue crews to the wrong location while coordinating efforts to find three men who drowned in the Potomac River, officials said Saturday. Audio obtained by News4 reveals dispatchers sent D.C. Fire and EMS ground units to the wrong marina … [Read more...]

Responding to a spate of reported 911 dispatching issues, a Washington, D.C., auditor might conduct a long-awaited probe of the Office of Unified Communications next year. Alleged OUC incidents -- including sending first responders to the wrong address or multiple responders to … [Read more...]

Powell area residents may have noticed that’s something’s been missing from town in recent months: the fire whistle. Used to notify members of the Powell Volunteer Fire Department of a fire, crash or other call for service — and to alert residents of trouble in the area — the … [Read more...]

Lorain County commissioners are defending the county 911 system after an overnight outage prompted social media rumors on the source of the problem. Lorain County Administrator Jim Cordes said a defective Windstream transponder on Third Street in Elyria was the source of the … [Read more...]

The authors of a new editorial in JAMA Cardiology say technologies used by ride sharing and even pizza delivery operations are more advanced in some communities than those used in the life-and-death circumstances managed by local 911 centers. But, they point out, things are … [Read more...]