Press Releases

A new system Owensboro-Daviess County 911 is purchasing with a $120,000 state grant will streamline the process that dispatchers use to gather information about emergency calls. City-county 911 Director Paul Nave said the call processing system was purchased with a grant from the Kentucky 911 Board. When the system is installed, Nave said, dispatchers will have a checklist of questions to ask about specific emergencies. For example, if the 911 call is for a robbery, […]

Mifflintown PA- Juniata County Communications was searching for a full-service solution that was adaptive to their processes and was available in an electronic format to meet the Pennsylvania state mandate. “Ultimately our goal was to find a solution with protocols that covered Emergency Medical Dispatch, Law Enforcement Dispatch, and Fire Service Dispatch in an electronic format,” says 911 Coordinator, and Director of Emergency Services, Allen Weaver. “While reviewing other programs PowerPhone proved to be the […]

Harrisonburg, VA- Harrisonburg Rockingham Emergency Communications Center’s goal was to find a supportive solution that was adaptive to their processes, easy to operate, and offered incredible value for the investment. “PowerPhone’s Total Response solution proved to be the right choice for our agency due to the systems ability to fully integrate with our CAD system,” says Director, Jim Junkins. “Another huge decisive factor was that Total Response also gives our agency the ability to adapt […]

PowerPhone, one of the country’s leading providers of public safety telecommunicator training and protocol systems, has announced the expansion of its Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) training options. With telecommunicators being the first link in the response chain, getting CPR started as quickly as possible is often the difference between life and death. During the call-handling process, it is crucial that all telecommunicators properly convey pre-arrival CPR instructions to provide the best quality service. “Every telecommunicator working […]

Commerce City, Colorado- Adams County Communication Center’s (ADCOM 911) goal was to find a solution that would help improve response times, while also reducing the risk of liability. Since implementing PowerPhone’s Total Response solution in May of 2019, it has paved the way for many positive changes within the agency. “The Total Response solution proved to be the right fit for our agency’s needs, not only due to the software’s flexibility and adaptable framework, but […]

Boynton Beach, Florida – Boynton Beach Communications is singing the many praises of PowerPhone’s innovative Total Response solution since implementing it in January of 2019. Their goal was to find a more supportive solution for their staff to handle Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) calls. “PowerPhone’s Total Response solution is more user-friendly than other vendors’ and is significantly more adaptable which gives our dispatchers the freedom to really focus on helping a caller in distress,” says […]

Trumbull County 911’s (Ohio) new public safety call-handling solution, Total Response, incorporates emergency call-handling protocols into all calls for service. Realizing that approximately 70% of all 911 calls are not medically related, Trumbull County 911 wanted to have a solution that not only helped them meet the Ohio Emergency Medical Dispatch mandate, but exceeded it by incorporating better support for law enforcement and fire service dispatch. PowerPhone’s user-friendly Total Response solution maximizes call-handling efficiency and […]

911 callers now benefit from streamlined public safety call handling thanks to the Norwalk Police Department’s (Norwalk, CT) new Total Response solution. Total Response includes training and Computer-Aided Call Handling software (CACH) with structured protocols. These protocols support 911 dispatchers from call pick-up to providing responders with timely information and issuing pre-arrival instructions to callers as needed. The Norwalk Police Department is using Total Response’s CACH Lite software. CACH Lite offers many advantages over printed […]