Yucaipa’s 911 Dispatcher Chloe Castillo recognized at city council meeting for National Public Safety Telecommunicators week (CA)

by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2022 | Comm Center News

During the Yucaipa City Council meeting on Monday, April 11, Yucaipa Fire Chief Grant Malinowski reminded elected officials and public attendees that it was National Public Safety Telecommunicators week and public safety agencies were recognizing their 911 dispatching staff. Chief Malinowski introduced Yucaipa Fire Department’s Chloe Castillo to city council.

“Chloe came to CAL FIRE in 2017 after graduating the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Police Officer Standards Training Public Safety Dispatching Academy, as well as becoming a certified SWAT tactical dispatcher,” said Malinowski…

Kern County law enforcement honor 911 dispatchers (CA)

by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2022 | Comm Center News

Visalia civic center price tag triples to $70M. Councilman calls the figure ‘mind-blowing’ (CA)

by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2022 | Comm Center News

Members of the Visalia City Council expressed sticker shock at the projected cost of the next phase of its long-planned Civic Center project.

Total costs of Phase 2 of the project, which includes a Public Safety Office Building, evidence lab, and new City Council chambers, will cost up to $70 million, nearly triple the $25 million price tag the council heard at its last major update on the project in August.

Councilman Brett Taylor called the revised figure “mind-blowing” at a recent council meeting. The freshman council member suggested a “second set of eyes” to review the dramatic price tag and compare it to what other local agencies are paying…

Emergency dispatchers: Unseen, but not unheard (OH)

by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2022 | Comm Center News

When a 911 call is placed, the odds are good that it is one of the most — if not the most — traumatic days of the caller’s life.

It is a reality that is not lost on the person on the other end of the phone in the dispatch room, who may be dealing with a caller who is just a little worked up, or who is yelling and screaming.

The crucial role that dispatchers play in law enforcement is celebrated every year during the second week of April, which is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week…

Rockingham County Emergency Services honors 911 Dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators week (NC)

by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2022 | Comm Center News

This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, honoring the work in our communities that too often can be taken for granted.”Emergency Services does not operate without 911 telecommunicators,” said Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates. “Every time you see an emergency response, like firetruck with lights, EMS units, a police car or rescue squad, all of those are initiated from the 911 center.”Cates calls the 911 center employees the *first* first responders. “They are the hub of the emergency response system,” Cates said.Rockingham County dispatchers take approximately 500 calls every day and dispatched more than 132,000 emergency calls in 2021…