N.C. 911 Board Awards More Than $21 Million to Fund Improvements at 14 of the State’s 911 Public Safety Answering Points

The grants will fund facility and equipment upgrades to help carry out 911 service in North Carolina.

RALEIGH

Aug 28, 2024

The N.C. 911 Board awarded $21.028 million in grants at its Aug. 23 meeting that will benefit 14 public safety answering points (PSAPs) that handle 911 calls on behalf of North Carolina's communities.

"Public safety answering points perform life-saving work across our state," said N.C. 911 Board Chair Jim Weaver, state chief information officer and secretary of the N.C. Department of Information Technology. "The N.C. 911 Board is proud to provide grant funding for facility and equipment upgrades that will help PSAPs continue to carry out their critical mission."

The grants awarded include:

• Alamance County Central Communications -$6,155,711.26 for 911 services facility project
• Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office - $719,765.07 for AXS radio console migration
• Caldwell County 911 Communications-$2,659,312.07 for 911 and emergency services facility project
• Cleveland County Communications Center-$371,769.65 for 911 facility project
• Jones-Lenoir Emergency Communications Center- $607,200 for APX consolettes & MCD5000 desksets
• McDowell County 911 - $116,230.63 for console/radio replacement project
• Pamlico County Sheriff Communications - $373,258.79 for equipment for new Pamlico County PSAP
• Pasquotank-Camden Central Communications - $1,188,203.58 for equipment upgrades
• Perquimans-Gates 911 Communications -$4,831,481.00 for 911 center expansion project
• Person County PSAP - $255,740.57 for radio console replacement
• Pitt County 911 Communications -$640,893.68 for Motorola Command Central Axis Radio Console
• Scotland County Emergency Communications-$17,250.00 for radio console expansion project
• Stanly County 911 Communications-$2,414,424.11 911 for emergency services facility project
• Washington County-$677,407.50 for emergency management training operations center

"The N.C. 911 Board is committed to supporting our state's PSAPs through grants and other efforts," said L.V. Pokey Harris, executive director of the N.C. 911 Board. "We will continue to partner with local PSAPS to ensure that our state's emergency responders are well-equipped to help callers quickly reach the services they need."

PSAPs will receive official notification of the award of grant funds for the FY2025 cycle within the next two weeks.

The application period for the FY2026 PSAP grants will open in spring 2025. Once it is underway, applications and instructions will be available on the N.C. 911 Board's Grants page.

About the N.C. 911 Board

A unit of the N.C. Department of Information Technology, the N.C. 911 Board administers funding to public safety answering points (PSAPs) across North Carolina to create an enhanced statewide 911 system. PSAPs are operated by and under the jurisdiction of counties and other local government entities.

A single, statewide service charge per connection for any type of voice communication service provider goes to the 911 Fund, which the N.C. 911 Board manages and distributes funds from to support 124 PSAPs in the state. NCDIT Secretary and State Chief Information Officer Jim Weaver serves as the N.C. 911 Board's chair.

Lisa Crawley

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