Missouri – The Missouri 911 Service Board announced that it recently approved nearly $16.6 million in grant funding for 911 projects across the state. These projects were funded through an appropriation of American Rescue Planned Funding approved by the Missouri General Assembly and Governor Mike Parson.
This will grant six counties in the Mark Twain Region (Bollinger, Carter, Ripley, Shannon, Oregon, Wayne) and one county in Northeast Missouri (Clark) the Next Generation 911 and Text-to-911 services. Right now these counties do not have 911 answering equipment, which means that during emergencies they can not be located without extensive details communicated verbally. This will provide the region with the ability to locate its 911 callers and accept Text-to-911 messages from its citizens. This also provides a connection between these counties, which will allow 911 call rollover so someone with an emergency will not have to be put on hold.
The following counties are also provided a 911 expansion: Barton, Carroll, Daviess, Worth, Nodaway, Gasconade, Clay, Ray, Jackson, Platte, Warren, Montgomery, Callaway, Carroll, Washington, Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Knox, Monroe, Marion, Ralls, Lewis, Pike, Putnam, Randolph, Scotland, Schuyler, Shelby, Sullivan, Stone, Barry, Christian, Dallas, Dade, Taney, Phelps, Crawford, Maries, Pulaski, Wright, Howell, Douglas, Ozark, Webster, Texas, Perry, Dent, St Francois,
Ste Genevieve, Iron, and Madison.
