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Cumberland County 911 director outlines staffing gains, ARPA-funded upgrades
Summary
Communications director Melinda Fairbrother Dyer told the finance committee the county’s regional communications center is filling vacancies, has grant applications pending, and plans several ARPA-funded radio and facility upgrades including an isolation room and a first-responder mental-health initiative.
Melinda Fairbrother Dyer, director of Cumberland County Communications (the regional communications/911 center), told the Finance Committee on Oct. 12 that the center is seeing staffing improvements and outlined planned capital and program spending largely funded with federal ARPA and grant dollars.
Fairbrother Dyer said the center partners with 19 communities and answers about 95 911 calls per day for the Cumberland County RCC line item. She listed current staffing as the communications director, one deputy director, six shift supervisors, 16 line staff and eight trainees; vacancies include four line staff…
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