Gov. Andy Beshear joined Kentucky 911 Services Board Chair and Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS) Executive Director Josiah Keats in announcing 53 grants totaling $2,881,038.55 to improve and enhance 911 call center operations.
“Kentuckians deserve to get fast assistance in an emergency. In an environment where seconds can literally be the difference between life and death, providing prompt and accurate emergency response is of paramount importance,” said Beshear. “Kentucky’s 911 telecommunicators represent the front line of our first responders and these grants will help ensure the commonwealth’s emergency call centers have the technology and equipment they need to direct police, fire and rescue to people in their greatest time of need as quickly as possible.”