Dispatchers say they have recently seen an increase in callers who are not ready to answer essential questions, like the ...

The Waukesha Police advise to stay on the line after accidentally calling 911 to avoid tying up emergency resources.

A 911 hang-up call in the Town of Palmyra led deputies to a domestic investigation and an arrest. James DeJohn, 44, of Johnson Road was arrested Jan. 3 after Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies responded ...

A rural Oklahoma fire chief is raising concerns after he says a 911 call to report a fire went unanswered earlier this week, while the agency in charge of that dispatch center says the call was ...

Grand Junction Police are asking for the public’s help as they work to locate the guardians of 9-year-old boy named Martin.

The Office of Unified Communications in D.C. has launched a new initiative urging residents to avoid calling 911 with non-emergencies. The “Make the Right Call” campaign, according to a news ...

Accessing emergency services today is practically synonymous with dialing 911. The central emergency number connects ...

Aug. 25, 2005 -- -- Twelve years ago, 18-year-old Jennifer Koon was carjacked as she was getting cash from an ATM at a shopping mall in suburban Rochester, N.Y. Somehow during the ordeal Jennifer ...

Many of the calls going to D.C.’s emergency call takers aren’t emergencies at all — hundreds of thousands of them a year, in fact — so the city launched a public awareness campaign. While most ...