Rising disaster costs are driving demand for emergency-response technology, but adoption remains a challenge.

Georgia's 911 emergency response infrastructure is largely unchanged since 1968. Amendment 3 on the Nov. 3 ballot would ...

On a recent Wednesday in Durham, N.C., Rob Crisp and Allie Craft were on a mission, equipped with snacks, bottled water and hygiene kits. They are part of Durham's unarmed community response team, and ...

Public safety officials in Florida are calling the property tax relief amendment a "trainwreck" and warning it will lead to slower 911 response times. During a press conference Tuesday, leaders from ...

A Queens family is demanding answers after a 14-year-old boy who was suffering a stroke waited about an hour for emergency medical assistance despite multiple 911 calls. Kevin Daly, a sophomore at St.

A City Council hearing focused on why ambulances are taking far longer to respond than a decade earlier, with fewer hospitals ...

Some communities dispatch mental health clinicians as an alternative to a police response for emergency calls. Researchers consider a program in Durham, North Carolina, to be a success. There's been a ...