That reminder comes from the local authorities for when you have an emergency and need to dial 911. There are jurisdictions ...

The 911 emergency system was down statewide for two hours in Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon. State officials notified the public that the issue had been resolved and that the 911 system had be ...

With an estimated 240 million 911 calls a year nationwide according to the National Emergency Number Association, lives are being saved every day. But just as crucial as it is to get help ...

(TNS) — Georgia legislators are pushing for a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the state’s antiquated 911 systems that have struggled to handle the volume of emergency calls from people in crisis.

Residents across DuPage County can now text 911 in an emergency. The launch of the service was announced at this week’s DuPage County Board meeting as part of a proclamation for National Public ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — Jefferson County 911 Dispatch and some of the emergency response agencies it serves are in the process of switching to a new dispatching system purported to quicken ...

It was not clear what caused the outage. By Remy Tumin Massachusetts’s statewide 911 emergency system was paralyzed for nearly two hours on Tuesday afternoon, prompting officials to urge ...