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HILLSDALE, MI—Hillsdale County’s 9-1-1 administrators are working tirelessly to recruit new emergency dispatchers to bring staff levels back up to 100 percent.
Emergency dispatchers are the first point of contact in an emergency and are often referred to as “the lifeline” for personnel in the field such as firefighters, police officers and paramedics.
Doug Sanford, Hillsdale County’s emergency management and 9-1-1 director, said the dispatch center — located in Hillsdale’s Industrial Park — has been a few employees short for a few years now, but they did not interview potential new candidates for the last year due to COVID-19…
