No one thinks about the old Emergency Broadcast Signal anymore. It feels like a relic of another era. But the frequencies ...

The Senate on Tuesday embarked on the second reading of a bill seeking to introduce a single, toll-free, nationwide emergency number accessible to all Nigerians. The proposed legislation, “A Bill for ...

The country’s new emergency call system, the Next Generation Emergency Services (NG999), began operations today. It replaces the Malaysian Emergency Responses 999 (MERS999) system, Bernama reported.

With Pretoria under a Level 9 storm warning and heavy rain expected to cause flooding and power outages, residents are urged to keep these emergency contact numbers handy for quick help when it ...

In September, an Optus network outage stopped some customers from calling triple-0. With four deaths linked to the outage, the incident has prompted serious discussions about the reliability of ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Starting Tuesday, the non-emergency phone number (423-246-9111) for the Kingsport Police Department will see some changes. “It’s my feeling that this is just simply one of ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a state of emergency over the rate of infant mortality in the state Getty Mississippi health officials have declared a state of emergency over the rate of ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — The City of Kingsport announced Tuesday it’s improving the police department’s non-emergency phone number. The Kingsport Police Department’s (KPD) new automated system is ...

The number of families living in the state’s once-overwhelmed emergency shelter system is half of what it was at its peak. Governor Maura Healey insists the costs, which ballooned to $1 billion last ...

The 911 outage reported across Pennsylvania Friday afternoon was restored, the state's emergency management agency announced Saturday morning. In a post on X shortly after midnight Saturday, the ...

YORK, Pa. — UPDATE (Saturday, July 12, 9 a.m.)-The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency announced that 911 operations have been fully restored in Pennsylvania. UPDATE (Friday, July 11, 10 p.m.)- ...