Progress continues on various aspects of a plan to consolidate 911 dispatching and emergency operations in a new $40 million facility at Lake County’s campus in Libertyville.
The county would build the center at its own expense in an open area west of its Central Permit Facility on the campus north and west of Milwaukee Avenue and Winchester Road.
Newtown Hearts of Hope invites the public to its next Summer Series 2022 “Paint With a Purpose” event for 911 emergency operators, scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, from 6-8 pm, at Aquila’s Nest Vineyard, 56 Pole Bridge Road in Sandy Hook.
The July event is the second of three this summer dedicated to sending messages of love and support to the first voices heard when anyone calls 911: emergency dispatchers. Help create hope by painting a small ceramic heart and writing a message of love and support to be included in “Boxes of Love” care packages sent by Newtown’s 911 operators to other dispatchers across the country.
The graduates of class 20 received 160 hours of instruction over four weeks, according to a release by KSP. Major training areas include legal liability, limits of telecommunicator authority, telecommunicator’s role in public safety, interpersonal communications, customer service, combating stress, ethics and confidentiality, responder safety, basic fire dispatch, state emergency operation plans, criminal justice information systems, first aid training, emergency medical dispatch and special needs callers.
Mountrail County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center is using new technology that can make a massive difference for residents in the county. The enhanced programs they are using is coming at no cost to the county while providing major updates to how emergency calls can be handled.
Mountrail County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch became RapidSOS Ready in June of this year.
Carver, 53, Greenfield, however will still be around the community.
