emergency services

Emergency Services officials in the region report they have all been advised to keep up on the water levels in area streams and rivers while ice jamming continues to plague flood-prone areas.

Broome County Communications Supervisor Michael Ballard and Dispatcher Jeffery Crane appear on the January 13 edition of the weekly local public affairs program, Southern Tier Close Up.

Broome County officials are releasing the number of overdose reports coming into emergency services since January first.

Broome County Officials report 432 responses to overdose calls to emergency services so far this year.

The non-emergency number for Broome County’s Emergency Services dispatch center and some other phone systems in the Binghamton area are not working.

The City of Binghamton will be moving forward with a project to develop a power grid to keep essential services operating in an emergency.

New York State Senator Fred Akshar is lending his name to the Community Heroes Protection Act.