Latest Department of Emergency Communications & Citizen Services News Releases
Monday, April 29, 2013 · 02:30 pm
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – April 29, 2013 – The city of Virginia Beach is pleased to announce that citizens can now sign up to receive VBAlert text message and email notifications by going to www.VBgov.com/VBAlert.
VBAlert is the city’s emergency notification system, and until ...
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013 · 09:00 am
Four VB9-1-1 telecommunicators will be honored for outstanding public service in 2012 as part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, April 14 to 20.
Virginia Beach’s public safety emergency telecommunicators answered more than 517,000 incoming calls and gener...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013 · 11:00 am
April is National 9-1-1 Education Month, and the National 9-1-1 Education Coalition (the Coalition) is encouraging public safety officials, schools, government officials and industry leaders to engage in this national effort to educate the general public about the importance...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012 · 01:00 pm
September is National Preparedness Month, an annual nationwide effort to encourage Americans to plan and prepare for emergencies. Recent destructive storms remind us we need to be ready for all types of emergencies.We are at the height of Hurricane season and nearly eve...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012 · 10:00 am
Virginia Beach Emergency Communications & Citizen Services will celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunications Week from April 8 to 14. This national week of celebration was established by Congress in 1991 to recognize the dedicated men and women who provide inva...
Friday, December 02, 2011 · 11:30 am
On Nov. 19, the Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizen Services (ECCS) Department received Communications Reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA). Director Athena M. Plummer and Accreditation Managers Mic...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 · 11:30 am
A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies will arrive Saturday, July 30, to examine all aspects of the Virginia Beach 9-1-1Division of the Emergency Communications and Citizen Services Department, including policies, procedure...