Collier County, Florida, uses one of the most advanced 911 systems in the U.S., allowing callers to send texts and videos.

HANOVER, PA ‒ Phones in Pennsylvania rang out with the eerie noise of an emergency alert on Friday afternoon, July 11, as the ...

Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough is urging residents to be mindful of calling 911 on the Fourth of July but gave it a ...

A statewide alert blared across phones in Pennsylvania on Friday, July 11, warning of intermittent 911 outages and directing ...

Metro Nashville's emergency communications department is bringing in extra staff and expecting a higher volume of calls; ...

Pennsylvania's emergency broadcast system issued an alert Friday afternoon that 911 is experiencing widespread problems.

If you have an Amazon device, you can sometimes use it to initiate calls. But can your Alexa call 911 for you?

Durango Emergency Communications Center is experiencing a 911 line outage and requesting residents of La Plata County to call ...

KEARNEY — Teaching children the correct way to call 911, and the information they need to provide, is the goal of the Dialing 911 For Kids program.

Apple has a feature on iPhones and Apple Watches called Emergency SOS. The devices use sensors to detect crashes and then call 911.

An 8-year-old called 911 when her father was having a medical emergency, and her mother was not home. Adriana Wailes explained to a 911 operator that her father "has brain cancer and he just ...