DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) — The coronavirus has forced many people to work remotely but not everyone can do that including 9-1-1 dispatchers. All throughout this week, they are being recognized for the work they are doing to serve communities.
Ashley Huffman sits at her desk, has her headphones on, her hands lay on her keyboard ready to go to work…READ MORE
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.
It began Sunday and runs through Saturday.
Sheriff Jim McVicker, a release says, recognized those within his department with a letter and gift. The Sheriff’s Office has three part-time and 11 full-time telecommunicators handling the 911 call center for law enforcement, fire and rescue… READ MORE
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, first recognized in 1981 in Costa County in California, has become a national effort. It is a week set aside to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the men and women more commonly known as 9-1-1 dispatchers. These are the people who are considered the Thin Gold Line, working to protect the public behind that line, along with law enforcement and fire services.
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is the second week of April each year, so it is April 12-18 in 2020… READ MORE
Telecommunications personnel (9-1-1 dispatch) are an integral part of the public safety system installed in our community.
The Timmins Police Service wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge and honour those individuals who tirelessly give of themselves to respond to the needs of persons confronted with emergent circumstances… READ MORE
On a daily basis, we see the work that officials like police officers, firefighters, and EMS crews do to keep our communities safe. A group not on the front lines that plays a large role in those efforts, though, are public safety dispatchers.
The second week of April every year is deemed National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. In 2020, this period of celebration and appreciation falls from April 12 to 18… READ MORE
