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Owensboro-Daviess County 9-1-1 Director Paul Nave said on Friday that he plans to ask city and county officials to pass a resolution designating 911 dispatchers as first responders.
The request is tied to a federal bill that would redesignate 9-1-1 dispatchers from secretaries and phone operators to first responders. If the bill pending in Congress were to become law, that would make 911 centers eligible for federal grants earmarked for first responders.
Currently, law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical service personnel are considered first responders.
But Nave said
