Monday, April 28, 2025

North Dakota Department of Emergency Services and the National Weather Service regional offices are hosting the second-annual coloring contest to promote Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week in North Dakota.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Dispatchers and leadership of Public Safety Answering Points gathered at the capitol for the ceremonial bill signings including Minot Central, Barnes County Dispatch, Dickinson Dispatch, and State Radio. 


Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:28 am

The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services is notifying local agencies of impacts from the cancellation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, as announced in a FEMA press release on April 4, 2025.


Friday, March 28, 2025

Two wildland fires started in McKenzie County near Watford City yesterday, March 27.  When local resources were overwhelmed, officials within the State Emergency Operations Center dispatched state resources to join the fight.


Monday, March 10, 2025

Gov. Kelly Armstrong today signed an executive order declaring a statewide fire emergency and activating the State Emergency Operations Plan as above average temperatures and below average precipitation continue to exacerbate drought conditions and increase the risk of wildfires.


Friday, March 7, 2025

Lower than average precipitation and above average temperatures are combining to look like an earlier and longer spring fire season for North Dakota.


Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The planned outage affecting multiple North Dakota counties' 911 service has been rescheduled and is now expected to only impact certain landlines.


Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Alternative numbers are available if the planned maintenance results in an interruption of 911 service in the affected counties.


Thursday, January 2, 2025

Categories: Press Release

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced low interest disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by adverse weather.  Small businesses and private nonprofit organizations in North Dakota are now eligible to apply.


Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Categories: STATE RADIO

911 callers can now be transferred directly to 988 thanks to a recent integration with State Radio and 988.