MARTINSBURG – Next week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and both Berkeley County and Jefferson counties honored telecommunicators in light of the week by reading a proclamation at meetings on Thursday.
“Whereas, thousands of dedicated telecommunicators daily serve the citizens of the United States and Canada by answering their telephone calls for police, fire and emergency medical services by dispatching the appropriate assistance as quickly as possible,” the proclamation read, “and whereas, the critical functions performed by professional telecommunicators also include those related to forestry and conservation operations. highway safety and maintenance activities, and many other operations performed by federal, state and local government agencies: and whereas, professional telecommunicators work to improve the emergency response capabilities of these communications systems through their leadership and participation in training programs and other activities… READ MORE
