URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Emergency response times just got a whole lot faster in Champaign County following the introduction of a new protocol. On Oct. 7, METCAD 911 Center became the 148th Public ...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Supporters of METCAD dispatchers showed up to speak up at Thursday morning’s board meeting. Some shared emotional accounts of what their significant others are going ...

METCAD is working to implement a new automated dispatch system from Locution Systems, Inc. for fire and medical calls that is expected to both reduce response times and ease the burdens of ...

(WAND)- METCAD 9-1-1 of Champaign Co. has provided an update into the investigation of the brief system outage that occurred on March 7.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — According to the METCAD 9-1-1 - Champaign County, Illinois Facebook page, the dispatch center is unable to receive emergency 911 calls or non-emergency calls.

METCAD’s employee shortage has affected more than just their company operations as many organizations are reliant on it, like the Champaign Police Department and other emergency departments. Despite ...

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CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County 911 center (METCAD) is in the middle of a staff shortage. According to METCAD’s Director, Ralph Caldwell, the call center is having a hard ...

RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — A 40-year-old woman from Danville is dead after she was hit by a car late Thursday night in Rantoul. The pedestrian strike happened on Liberty Avenue near Chandler Road.

On Saturday night at around 11:30 p.m., a 22-year-old woman walked out of The Red Lion and reportedly lost consciousness. According to the METCAD scanner, the woman was reportedly “inside, passed out, ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The family of a University of Illinois student who died from hypothermia in January will be suing. Ish Dhawan, the father of 18-year-old student Akul Dhawan, told WCI… ...