"It definitely reignited just a sense of why I do the job, and my love for the job," said 911 operator Alyssa Eichholtz Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. A 911 operator ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — A 911 dispatcher from Portland has won a big award. Stephen Zipprich was named the "911 Dispatcher of the Year” in competition with 50 other nominees from across North America. For ...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - A 911 dispatcher new to the job is being recognized for helping a woman deliver her baby safely at home. Ashley Purcell was only a few weeks into her training program when ...

911 operators ask too many questions. 911 operators are indifferent. 911 operators just need to send help now. Those are some of the misconceptions people have about dispatchers who respond to ...

There is always someone to answer emergency and non-emergency calls for service in Raleigh thanks to the Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center. However, the center has 39 vacancies among 129 ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - For the first time in metro Atlanta, a new program gives high school students hands-on training that puts them a step ahead for a career as a 911 operator. Cobb County students ...

911 dispatcher job fair hopes to ease shortage They're the first people you talk to during an emergency, 911 dispatchers. But there's a critical shortage of dispatchers across Arizona, so a weekend ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu police are rolling out big new bonuses — up to $2,000 per month for some — to keep 911 operators on the job in the hopes of solving a growing staffing issue. House Rep.

On a Tuesday morning in mid-April, a loud beeping noise repeatedly bounced off the walls of the San Diego County Sheriff’s ...

Ashley Zimmer is one of the city's first first responders. Zimmer is a communications operator with the Jefferson City Police Department (JCPD). In that role, she dispatches calls for the city police, ...

TEMPE, Ariz. - 911 operators are on the other end of the line when people are in trouble and need help, but emergency departments across the country, including those in the Phoenix area, are ...