Logansport’s emergency dispatchers have a tough job helping unseen
people in sometimes extreme circumstances. These stressful situations,
coupled with being some of the lowest paid dispatchers in the
surrounding area, have led to a high turnover rate.
In June, a
move was discussed that would have reduced the number of active
dispatching positions from 16 to 14 in order to raise the salaries of
the current dispatchers. The move would not cost any current employee a
position and is considered part of a realignment that would increase the
starting salaries to $30,000 for local dispatchers.
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX)
Some cities and towns in Chittenden County want to cut down on response
time when you call in an emergency. They’re looking to create a
regional dispatch center.
In the past, towns have had a tough time getting a formal
project up and running. But space on the second floor of the Robert E.
Miller building on Gregory Drive in South Burlington could fit the bill.
Local officials say the new dispatch center will allow for better staffing and quicker response time.
“The calls come into this public safety
answering point, they speak to people when they call 911, and then
often those calls will be transferred to local dispatch, that may get
some more information, would then contact police, fire, and/or rescue,
and send them out to the location that they’re needed,” said Aaron
Frank, the Colchester town manager.
On the other side of a door
labeled “authorized personnel only” in a modest building on the southern
edge of the city, a team of emergency dispatchers monitored the Hill
City’s fleet of police vehicles and firetrucks.
With
a bevy of high-tech tools at their disposal, the team sat behind desks
with several computer screens and waited for the phone to ring.
This
is the nerve center of the city of Lynchburg’s emergency response
network — a dim room where every 911 call is answered and where crucial
information is relayed to first responders as they race to the scene of a
deadly car crash or a violent altercation.
DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. — A recent study into communications problems
experienced by Daviess County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters found
the county’s communication system is obsolete in places and is in need
of upgrades or replacement.
The study gives Daviess Fiscal Court
some short-term fixes that can be performed at a relatively low cost.
The report also lays out options for overhauling or replacing the system
that will cost millions of dollars.
Lincoln County servers have been infiltrated by
ransomware for the second time in less than two weeks. This time, it was
servers within Lincoln County Communications that were hacked. Issues
were discovered by Lincoln County Information Technology staff around
8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, according to a press release issued by
Bill Gibbs, director of the Lincoln County Communications Center.
To
date, no requests for ransom or other contact has been made by the
hacker. Local, regional and federal resources including the National
Guard, the FBI and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s
Office have been contacted for support. No personal data was
compromised that the county knows of, and it is unknown at this time how
long it will take to get the servers back in operation, according to
county manager Kelly Atkins.
“The servers could be back up as quick as a week or as long as a month,” Atkins said. “We’ve got a lot of people working on a lot of different things.”
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