911 Dispatch News Today

Jefferson County 911 Dispatch will accept applicants for an open board seat in District 1 until April 23.

The Milwaukee Fire Department started receiving calls for help of people trapped in a home around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Bodycam video shows the moment Fort Lauderdale police and gunman, who claimed he killed someone in a hotel, exchanged gunfire, which injured one officer

UPDATE 12:55PM: Two adults and three children from one apartment and one adult from a second apartment at Condor Circle have been displaced due to the fire, according to Fire Chief Bob Schreihans. Red Cross has been called to the scene.

CARO — Jon Ramirez is worried about the future.

The medical examiner is investigating 49-year-old Jolene Waldref's death as probable hypothermia

On December 27, 2023, during the Muscatine County Emergency Management’s Communications Commission meeting, Dispatcher Chase Voelkers was given a Life Saving Award.

UPDATE 9:50AM: The Carson City Communications Dispatch Center reports the widespread phone outage that began Monday night hasnt affected 911 calls coming in. So far no one has complained to dispatchers that they had a difficult time reaching 911 through to dispatch, said Marlon Moncada, communications supervisor for Carson City.

While first responders on a fire, accident or crime scene are deputies, ambulance and fire department personnel, it is 911 dispatch who are the lifeline between the victim and responding agencies.

Jefferson County 911 Dispatch has announced it will switch its emergency notification platform from CodeRED to Everbridge in the coming months.