The Department of Emergency Services serves the Western Carolina University community and associated public safety agencies 24/7/365. Public Safety Telecommunicators provide emergency and non emergency communications and dispatch services for the WCU Police Department, WCU EMS, WCU Emergency Management, Counseling and Psychological Services, Parking Services, Cat Tran (transportation), and other university departments. Under the direction of the Emergency Communications Manager, Public Safety Telecommunicators perform a variety of duties following established guidelines which promote the safety and well being of the campus community. Primary accountabilities include dispatching all radio calls; receiving and responding to incoming telephone and radio communications; determining the nature of calls and deploying the appropriate emergency and non-emergency personnel and equipment; providing direction and guidance to callers reporting police, fire or medical emergencies, and other incidents… READ MORE
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