JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
Already this year, Jasper County Emergency Services has an award winner. Operations Manager Brandon McClintock won “Supervisor of the Year” from the Missouri Public Safety Communication Conference.
Last year, the agency earned the “9-1-1 Telecommunicator Teammates in Action Award” from the Missouri Association of Public Safety Communications Officials. It was for its role in saving Deputy Chris Corbett’s life during a medical emergency…
It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and it’s as good a time as any — and any time is a good time — to thank a 911 dispatcher.
According to a story in today’s edition of The News, Alpena County dispatchers last year handled nearly 20,000 calls for service, counting only calls resulting in a dispatcher sending responders. The actual number of phone calls could be two or even three times that many.
These normally unsung heroes during emergencies are getting the spotlight this week. These are the dispatchers on the other side of 911 calls who play a vital role in saving lives.
You might remember when Collier County deputies got on scene just in time to save a maintenance worker who’d been trapped by a lawnmower last May.
Lucia Garcia-Ribeyro says she’ll never forget. But in the next breath said that wouldn’t have been possible without a great team working together to save a life…
Dispatchers at Scotts Bluff County’s 911 center such as Adri Webber will be honored during Dispatcher Appreciation Week in the second week in April. They collaborate with dozens of emergency and general service groups to keep the public and first responders safe.
In the basement of the Scotts Bluff County Administration building, the console in the Scotts Bluff County Communications Center buzzes with the sound of important emergency calls. Small teams of dispatchers work to answer them, keeping first responders and the general populace safe and informed…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
