Those on the front lines of all Colleton County emergencies are being honored this week.
This week is national “911 Dispatcher Appreciation Week,” a time for dispatchers to be honored for their part in helping to save those in need.
In Colleton, businesses are donating food for the dispatchers to have free lunches.
The appreciation week began on April 10th and continues through April 16th. The donated items thus far include energy teas that were given to emergency dispatchers on Tuesday during their shifts; the teas were donated by Lowcountry Nutrition…
Doni Whitecotton of Granite Shoals, the communications manager for the Llano County Sheriff’s Office, in the telecommunications hub at the Law Enforcement Center on Texas 16 west of the Llano River. Staff photo by Suzanne Freeman
They are the first of the first responders, the initial problem solvers in what emergency managers call the chain of survival. Dispatchers in Llano and Burnet counties work for their respective sheriffs, taking 911 calls, gathering information, and deciding which services should be sent where in what many times are life-or-death situations. And they do it all simultaneously within seconds of answering a call with “What is your emergency?” …
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – First responders in Kanawha County are about to get a boost to help make their jobs easier and keep you safer. Officials presented the final public safety communications tower in the multi-year project on Thursday.
Officials say some of the towers in the county were more than 40 years old. The project included adding two new Metro 911 towers, one at the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority and the refurbishing of an additional towner in Clendenin – totaling 9 towers in the county. It cost $1.2 million in funding to complete the project with some of that funding coming from the Kanawha County Public Safety Levy…
Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley with Emergency Communication Specialists Kaitlyn Hall, Cirra Woods and Sheriff’s Capt. Rick Koontz. Douglas County Photo
A late spring storm was not the only thing keeping dispatchers busy on Monday.
The search for a missing Gardnerville girl joined the menagerie of medical calls and traffic stops that populate dispatchers’ day-to-day work lives.
This is National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week across the nation, honoring public safety dispatchers and operators across the nation…
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) – Before any first responder gets to a person in need, a 911 dispatcher answers the call.
During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Appreciation Week, the community is showing dispatchers how much they care.
“Going home at the end of the day knowing that you helped somebody… People call at their worst moment, when their life has been flipped upside down, and you get to help them get through that,” said Tammy Seay, part-time senior dispatcher with Augusta County Emergency Communications…
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