THE ISSUE: Citrus faces emergency communications dispatcher shortage.
OUR OPINION: More incentives, higher pay will fill vacant positions, assist in retaining staff.
The voice on the other side of 911 is asking for help. Will you answer the call?
The nationwide shortage of emergency communication dispatchers has hit Citrus County, leaving the Sheriff’s Office with a conundrum in finding enough hires to keep all positions filled…
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, March 11, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT), the leading trade association for providers of emergency communications, software, and emergency response technologies, announced the second in its continuing series of evaluation and best practices white papers on the management of cloud technology; “Public Safety Grade Data Centers Evaluation Guidelines Series; Step 2 – Rising of the Cloud.”
In keeping with tradition from our first Cloud paper, iCERT released Step 2 to the National Association of State 911 Administrators (NASNA) for their members’ use before general distribution…
Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron fired Public Safety Director Kevin Lauer on Monday for philosophical differences, records suggest.
A human resource document said Lauer lost his job as Rutherford’s first public safety director because of a “conflict of interest between employee and county as to goals and vision for the county.”
The document also said Lauer failed “to keep mayor informed of whereabouts.”
Lauer had been on the job just nine months…
JOHNSON COUNTY, KS (KCTV) – Inside the Johnson County Emergency Communications Center, some dispatchers are handling calls for law enforcement which would include calls like a robbery or a shooting. Others are answering calls for fire and medical needs. The dispatchers answering those calls are asking new and important questions.
Before firefighters or MED-ACT leave their station, dispatchers are assessing emergencies…
New information has been released on plans to build a Public Safety Complex in Elkhart.
The city has rejected the former Bayer plant as the place to build its new public safety complex, which will house four different public safety departments.
It will combine Elkhart’s police department, the 911 Communications Center, Emergency Management and the administration offices of the fire department under one roof…
