South Sound 911’s new regional communications center is set to open its public counter July 20, bringing Pierce County and dispatchers a bigger, more effective space for operations.
The building spans 74,528 square feet and cost $59 million to construct. Construction began in September 2019 and is wrapping up with construction coordinators, electrical and data workers still on site as of Thursday. For Kris McNamar, community relations manager at South Sound 911, seeing a new, centralized building after 17 years of working for the agency is “overwhelming.” … READ MORE
A 2021-22 budget that includes salaries and benefits for 18 full-time dispatchers was approved Tuesday by the Greene County 911 Board of Directors.
Estimates of how much it would cost to fund 16 and 21 full-time dispatchers were also provided by 911 Director Jerry Bird at the request of board members.
Filling open dispatcher positions in the competitive job market was also discussed. The board revised a long-standing policy of not hiring “immediate family members of telecommunicators” to permit hiring relatives as one way of addressing a shortage of qualified candidates…
Progress continues to be made toward the final goal of consolidating 911 dispatch services in Crawford County.
After welcoming new 911 Communications Director Joanie Best at the end of June, Crawford County Judge Dennis Gilstrap presented the new consolidated budget as well as a Memorandum of Understanding for Operation of 911 Emergency and Dispatch Center to area mayors in attendance at the July 13 Intergovernmental Council meeting held at the county’s Department of Emergency Management Building…
How to be sure you’re not making one, and what do if you are
If you didn’t know your phone or watch is making 911 calls, you’re not alone.
Between Friday, July 9, and Monday, July 12, the Door County Sheriff’s Office incident reports logged accidental 911 follow-up calls – or emergencies that were not emergencies – 62 times. That’s 21% of the 297 911 calls received during that period.
It’s not a fluke. Accidental 911 calls account for “about 20-25% of our monthly call volume, or one out of every five calls,” said Dan Kane, Door County’s emergency management and communications director…
JOHNSTOWN — The Fulton County Board of Supervisors on Monday accepted a nearly $175,000 state grant to augment salaries at the 911 Dispatch Center.
The resolution that passed authorizes acceptance of a $173,933 Public Safety Answering Points Grant from the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. Use of the grant funding is for salary and benefits for E911 communication specialists involved in consolidated dispatch…
Business and community leaders filled a Culpeper firehall Wednesday night to celebrate first responders and public service workers.
The event was the fourth annual Valor Awards, hosted by the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce at Salem Volunteer Fire Department. A major thunderstorm swept the area before 6 p.m., forcing the firehouse to run on a backup generator, but the festivities carried on as steadily as the hands of those being honored.
Chamber CEO Jeff Say kicked off the ceremony. Say welcomed everyone and lauded the efforts of first responders and public service personnel, whom he said often are taken for granted. He turned the podium over to Chad Melton, CEO of Fauquier Health, the event’s signature sponsor, who delivered a brief address. The Rev. John Hemming, pastor of Culpeper United Methodist Church, led people in prayer…
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