BELL ATLANTIC and LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES have installed a fully digital enhanced 911 system in

BELL ATLANTIC and LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES have installed a fully digital enhanced 911 system in Vermont. The system instantly displays a caller`s address, telephone number, and the appropriate emergency services to a trained and certified call taker. Even if the caller hangs up before providing adequate information, the call taker can identify the call`s origin. Within the next year, the system will also display a map to facilitate directing emergency personnel to the site of the call. The system has workstations at the eight Public Safety Answering Points in the state. Global positioning systems (GPS) address the 75 percent of residents who live on rural routes, using satellite transmissions to locate the longitude and latitude of structures and store them digitally in a geographic information system (GIS).

Large House in Fort Worth (TX) Partially Collapses During Fire

Fort Worth firefighters battled a fire at a large house in the affluent Crestline neighborhood, near the River Crest Country Club, early Wednesday.
Hutchinson Kansas fire

Man Arrested After KS Fire That Killed Two

A man was arrested on Monday in connection with a deadly Hutchinson house fire on Saturday where a woman and girl died.