OTTUMWA — It wasn’t exactly Christmas in August, but Ottumwa’s city leadership wanted ideas just the same.
With the city receiving approximately $1.8 million in American Rescue Plan funding each of the next two years, city administrator Philip Rath and mayor Tom Lazio held a listening session Thursday at Bridge View Center with a handful of residents regarding ideas on ways to spend that money.
All told, Wapello County will receive almost $6.8 million in funding, about half of that to Ottumwa. The first allotment will be arriving “very shortly,” Lazio said…
South Sound 911 says only 44% of its essential employees were vaccinated before this outbreak, but since then, several employees have chosen to get the vaccine.
TACOMA, Wash. — South Sound 911 in Pierce County was rocked by COVID-19.
The emergency call center stated 15 employees recently tested positive for the virus, with the first popping up in late July. Employees worked overtime and supervisors pitched in working dispatch radios and answering calls in order to not disrupt service.
The outbreak is giving other first responders a look at the impact an outbreak can have on a department…
Shift Supervisor Raelynn Villarreal enters information at Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center.
If you need help in an emergency in Roswell or anywhere else in Chaves County, chances are you will be talking to one of the dispatchers at the Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center. The telecommunicators of PVRCC answer all 911 calls made in Chaves County and dispatch emergency fire, police and medical services for the city of Roswell, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, and all police, fire and EMS agencies within the county.
In all, PVRCC does the dispatching for 20 agencies consisting of 12 fire departments, five law enforcement agencies and three EMS services…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Some Savannah-area residents are experiencing delays when they call 911.
Chatham County Manager Lee Smith tells The Savannah Morning News that the emergency call center has about 20 vacancies for operators. A full staff is about 100 operators.
“It’s a major problem, but we’re not at a crisis yet,” Smith said.
People say that when they call, sometimes they get repeated rings. Former Savannah City Council member Julian Miller said he made several calls trying to report a person with medical problems along a city street…
FOX VALLEY, Wis. (WFRV) – 911 dispatchers are the heart of public safety operations and many are hiring across Northeast Wisconsin.
Staff Sergeant Erik Nielson of the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office said, “We are hiring for the telecommunicator position for Outagamie County. I think the biggest thing for us is we’re looking for people that want to make public safety a career.”
Communications Captain Lara Vendola-Messer of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said, “We’re actually sort of perpetually hiring. We keep an open application period and keep processes several times a year.”
The communications centers in Outagamie and Winnebago counties said while they are hiring they have enough people to ensure public safety but employees have to do overtime to keep them fully staffed…
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