CROWN POINT — Lake County is preparing to hire 12 contracted 911 dispatchers to try to reduce the overtime its own dispatchers are required to work due to some 30 vacancies in the county's ...

Ann Good, a dispatcher with Page County Emergency Communications Center, has been named the 2024 Dispatcher of the Year by her peers, recognizing more than three decades of service and dedication.

Bartels resigned as a 911 dispatcher for Gallia County on Nov. 8, 2022. Court records say someone set at least 17 fires in the days that followed. Witnesses spotted Bartels near where a fire ...

When they do, Pennington County's 911 ... 911 dispatchers provide in dire situations. Brooks said she hopes by hosting these courses the center can encourage more people to put on the headset ...

Other cities contract with the center. It provides emergency dispatch services for most fire and law enforcement agencies in the county. Modesto Bee file Stanislaus County leaders held a ...

A North Texas 911 dispatcher experienced a nightmare she never expected – hearing a house fire broadcast over the radio during her shift, only to learn it was her own home. Maria Castrejon ...

She called 911."My fiancée is giving birth in our room," Thrasher told a Hamilton County dispatcher. "His head is out. What do I do?"Stephanie Fights was the dispatcher who answered the call.

Luke Batzel was hailed as having more than a job at saving lives, but a calling, when he was honored by the Wayne County commissioners Jan. 23 for his 10 years as a 911 emergency dispatcher.

Audio from several 911 calls and computer dispatch records reveal more details about a Wilmington house fire that killed two and is currently under investigation by the Wilmington Police ...

Mayors from nearly a dozen Vancouver Island communities are asking the province to halt its plans to pass on 911 dispatch costs to municipalities. As Kylie Stanton reports, the mayors say it's ...

THE Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services commended Police Officer Vince Igitol and Emergency Dispatcher Karay Fitial for their immediate lifesaving ...