News and Events

Thank you to our volunteers in North Carolina! We were thrilled to get to visit three centers in Mecklenberg County.

Honored to share appreciation with the hard-working 911 professionals at Rosebud County Sheriff’s Office in Forsyth, Montana during National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s week!

Thank you to telecommunicators everywhere. We are excited to honor you for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week! Last Thursday and Friday our volunteers in Greenville, SC visited the Greenville County Centers and the City of Greenville Center.

So glad we were able to recognize two amazing telecommunicators from Riverside California with a KPATC Challenge Coins. Thank you for Answering The Call - we truly appreciate you and your service to your communities. From Riverside County Sheriff's Dispatch: We love...

KPATC Foundation is honored to sponsor these four 911 Telecommunicators to attend the Be The Difference Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC this week. Whitney Weaver (KS), Shanna Brussell (KY), Kayla Melton (AL), and Heidi Pease (IN). We know they are going to have a great...

Carissa Billings with Nelson County E-911 Dispatch in Bardstown, Kentucky was honored with a KPATC Challenge Coin this week for her exemplary service in finding the location of an emergency from a 10 year old boy who did not know his address. She not only found the...

Author Mary McCarty with Cincinnati Magazine reached out to our family. We are glad we trusted her and we appreciate the work and sensitivity she shared in this story. It captures Kyle’s unique personality and our passion and support for public safety....

The citizens in our country are unaware of the issues that plague 9-1-1 centers across the United States. Understaffed centers due to high turnover which leads to low morale and burnout. The telecommunicators in these centers are working hard every day to ensure there...

Privileged to present the importance of "Answering The Call To Be Your Best Self Every Day" to Lawrence County Emergency Communications in TN on November 8 and the California Highway Patrol Los Angeles Communications Center on November 9 via Zoom. It means so much to...

Honored to visit the amazing 911 professionals at Dearborn County Communications Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana today. The people answering the calls are the most important asset in a 911 center. Especially experienced telecommunicators who are embracing new...

Melissa Cunningham, a dispatcher with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Police Department in CT, was nominated for a KPATC Challenge Coin by her training advisor, Laurie Lewis, for her diligence during her training. Melissa was well-prepared when she received a critical...

Kyle Plush Answer The Call Foundation is excited to sponsor four telecommunicators to the “Be The Difference Conference” hosted by the Denise Amber Lee Foundation and The Healthy Dispatcher in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina from January 29 – February 1, 2023....

Thank you, Michael Barr, with the City of San Diego Fire Dispatch, for Answering The Call To Be His Best Self on Dec. 14, 2021. Michael received a call from a cell phone from a couple who fell into the raging San Diego River during a rain storm when they were trying...

KPATC volunteer Ron Plush traveled to Witchita, KS on 9/20 to present “The Importance of Answering The Call To Be Your Best Self Every Day” at the Kansas APCO Fall Conference. Thank you Josh Michaelis for inviting us. Hank Hunt with the Kari Hunt Foundation also...

Very honored to recognize two dispatchers, Mariah Knight and Jon Leonard, at East Lyme Police in CT yesterday with a KPATC Challenge Coin for rescuing two boaters whose boat capsized in June. They weren’t able to get a location on them so they used an unconventional...

Wisconsin KPATC volunteers (and amazing family including volunteer firefighter Gene Wojcik) visited Brown County 911 Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin to share goodies and appreciation for the difficult job they do each and every day answering calls. Thank you for...