Northampton Hub of Activity Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: DAVID REID HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MA – While dozens of small town police and fire chiefs hobnobbed with State Police brass at the Troop B barracks here, radio dispatchers operating new E-911 consoles answered emergency calls from throughout the region as the celebrants looked on. After several delays this […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: DANIEL MILLER HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MA – The Enhanced 911 police and fire dispatch service for 14 towns in Hampden and Hampshire counties will not become operational until early October, a top state police official said yesterday. State police first said the system would go on line Aug. 3, and that date was […]
Small Towns Getting Help Answering Emergencies Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: DAVID REID HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MA – State and local public-safety officials are hailing the long-awaited installation of Enhanced-911 emergency telephone equipment at the state police barracks here, with the dispatch service slated to start Aug. 3 for 14 small towns in Hampshire and Hampden counties. The […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: WILLIAM FREEBAIRN Western Massachusetts edged closer to having a comprehensive emergency telephone network last week when a state committee approved plans to bring dozens of communities on-line with enhanced 911 service next year. The Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board voted to move ahead with E-911 service in several more cities and towns. A […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: JOHN G. GRAIFF SOUTHAMPTON, MA – Although the Southampton Central Communications Commission voted last week to assume dispatch services for Goshen police, it plans to raise the fees for all the towns it serves by about 50 percent for the coming fiscal year. The Southampton dispatch center also handles emergency police calls […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI CUMMINGTON, MA – Cummington is the first town in Hampshire County to formally accept the state police as their dispatching agents for the Enhanced-911 emergency response phone system being developed in the state by New England Telephone. “I think we will probably end up being the spearhead of the system. […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: NATALIA MUNOZ NORTHAMPTON, MA – The state police Northampton barracks might become the county’s disptach center for fire and police calls from small towns, Hampshire County administrator Bambridge Peterson said yesterday. Last Thursday, the county commissioners’ public safety committee met with Capt. James Sheehan of the Northampton barracks of the State […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – Years ago, state police on horseback provided protection to people in small towns and took four days to make the rounds. Today, the push of a computer or phone button accomplishes almost the same thing, and state police still want to be involved. They have offered to […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – A cable television official learned last night that there may yet be a chance to rent space on a county-owned radio tower at what the firm views as an affordable rate. Barbara Striebert, a representative of Amrac Cable Co. of Waltham, learned from Fire Chief Francis […]
Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: STAFF; SUNDAY REPUBLICAN (Springfield, GOSHEN, MA – The Board of Selectmen will meet with a representative of Amrac Cable Co. of Waltham tomorrow night to determine whether any progress has been made by the company in finding a site to establish a tower and reception station for cable service to […]