Clermont County township considers ending partnership, forming its own fire department The village administrator said that the township is considering leaving the joint fire district and forming its ...

Holiday travel and winter storms create risky moments for drivers and families. Stress rises fast during emergencies, and describing the scene to 911 can feel overwhelming. Now, a new Android feature ...

Google is introducing Android Emergency Live Video today to let users in three countries share their camera feeds with dispatchers. You call or text (if available) your country’s emergency number like ...

Emergency calls can be stressful, and in some instances, it's easier to show than tell what’s going wrong. That’s why Apple shipped an emergency live-video option with iOS 18 last year, and why Google ...

California, a state that prides itself on being the epicenter of technology, has taught an absolute masterclass in bureaucratic incompetence — scrapping a new 911 system that cost more than $450 ...

In 2018, as California was laying the groundwork to build a new 911 system for the state, a massive fire ripped through Butte County, decimating several Northern California communities and killing ...

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In a ...

Spokane's regional 911 service is seeking the use of an artificial intelligence system that would triage nonemergent Crime Check calls to help dispatchers, Spokane Regional Emergency Communications ...

Following years of delays and technical issues plaguing the state’s overhaul of its aging 9-1-1 system, officials with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) outlined a plan ...

Spokane’s regional 911 service is seeking the use of an artificial intelligence system that would triage nonemergent Crime Check calls to help dispatchers, Spokane Regional Emergency Communications ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In any emergency, time is of the essence. “If anyone has called 911, the next thing you’re doing is waiting and waiting and waiting, what seems like an eternity for help to ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Inside Volusia County’s 911 communications center, a new voice is answering the phones and it’s not human. “Ava,” short for Automated Virtual Agent, is an artificial ...