FCC pushes to modernize call centers, but real problem may be lack of funding. March 27, 2011— -- When a gunman was prowling the halls of Virginia Tech University on April 16, 2007, on a shooting ...

If you're out of cell service in an emergency, the ability to contact 911 can be lifesaving. Now many users with older phones are getting access to emergency texting to 911 via T-Mobile's ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Calling 911 during an emergency can save your life, but what if you can’t talk on the phone? That’s where text to 911 comes in. In January 2022, the Alabama 9-1-1 Board ...

Texting 911 can be especially helpful if calling isn’t safe or possible—but what you send matters.

Concordia Parish now offers text-to-911, becoming Louisiana’s seventh parish with the service, for emergencies when speaking is unsafe or not possible.

SHORE. POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS DISPATCHED TO A SWAMP WHERE SOMEBODY WAS STUCK. OUR RHONDELLA RICHARDSON IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER BY THE SEA WITH THE TOOL FIRST RESPONDERS USED TO PULL IT OFF. RHONDELLA ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.- Suncomm 911 communications Yakima announced today on Facebook that Text-to-911 is now available statewide. All Washington communication centers will now be able to receive and ...