The Clearfield County Commissioners declared April 11-17 as National Telecommunicator Week at its meeting Tuesday.
The Clearfield County 911 Center had 110,043 calls last year, which is an average of about 300 per day according to Clearfield County 911 Coordinator Jeremy Ruffner.
Ruffner said 2020 call volume fell by about 8,000 calls, which is the first time in 20 years call volume has fell…
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
Delaware- The Delaware State Police (DSP) is proud to recognize and honor its public safety communication personnel during National Public Safety Telecommunications Operators Week. The Delaware State Police Communications Section consists of three 911 Public Safety Answering Points (dispatch centers), which are located in each of the three Delaware counties and Headquarters Communications in Dover. Every year in April, since 1994, a week is set aside as National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week to recognize and honor the men and women working the many Communication Centers Nationwide…
“When we answer a call, we may answer one that’s been in a wreck and then the next call may be someone has been shot, or it may be somebody with a family member having a heart attack. It’s just one right after the other,” said Diane Walton, a Shreveport Police communications office supervisor.
Dispatch centers are the very first line of help in an emergency, and every day they come to work ready to help their communities.
The past year has been a confusing time for a lot of people and dispatchers are getting calls related to COVID-19 that are most non-emergencies. Benzie County Dispatch says that this has added a lot more work to what their days used to look like…
The acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission plans to “refocus and revitalize” the group that advises the FCC on improving the security, reliability and interoperability of U.S. communications systems. And she wants it to focus on 5G…
IONIA — The Ionia County Central Dispatch 911 operating surcharge is increasing by 55 cents per device, per month starting in July.
The Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 at its meeting Tuesday, April 13, to increase the per device, per month surcharge from $2.30 to $2.85 beginning July 1 until June 30, 2022. District Four Commissioner Ally Cook was the lone no vote..
