The Department of Defense (DoD) is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in collaboration with state and municipal emergency response organizations nationwide who support the 911 Telecommunicator Tree of Life.
Throughout the week, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will join the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and the Defense Logistics Agency to acknowledge the work of 911 professionals leading DoD’s emergency response. Here are a few stories of exceptional telecommunicators from the past year, submitted by the Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force…
April 10 through 16 is the National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, and Broome County Public Safety recognizes the often underlooked, unsung heroes of Public Safety.
911 Dispatchers in Broome County take on average 1,500 calls a day, working twenty-four hours and seven days a week. Dispatchers are the unsung heroes of public safety, according to Director of Broome County Emergency Services Patrick Dewing, heroes that are behind the scenes…
Often overlooked, emergency dispatchers play a critical role in emergency services being able to assist countless people a day.
“Without us, nobody could do their job. You wouldn’t get police service. You wouldn’t get fire service. You wouldn’t get an ambulance,” dispatcher Rebecca Farkas said. “Everything starts here when that phone rings.”
To recognize their importance, police and fire service personnel around Cobb provided meals and snacks to dispatchers at the Cobb County 911 Center in Marietta during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. Each day, crews were treated to meals from different restaurants. Friday’s lunch from the Marietta Dinner was hosted by the Cobb Sheriff’s Department…
In 1981, Patricia Anderson of Contra Costa, California began National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week as a way to honor dispatch workers, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
In 1994, former President Bill Clinton signed it into law, declaring the second week of April a week to honor and appreciate dispatch workers across the country.
Locally, the Columbus-Platte County Joint Communications Center provides emergency dispatch services for the area. Communications Director Rachel Pensick said dispatchers do more than most people realize…
GRIFFIN — The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office showed its appreciation for the office’s dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.
“Dispatchers are the unsung heroes of public safety,” Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said. “They are always there to answer the call, providing an indispensable service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.”
Dix presented dispatchers with gifts on Wednesday and treated the staff to breakfast on Thursday…
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…
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