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Committee hears bill to define 9-1-1 telecommunicators as "first responders"
Summary
Senate Bill 2296 would add public safety telecommunicators to the statutory definition of first responders; supporters testified the change recognizes high training and trauma exposure and could enable access to mental-health and pension programs, while fiscal and pension effects require separate bills and notes.
Senate Bill 2296, which would add public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators/dispatchers) to the statutory definition of first responders, drew support from dispatch centers and public-safety officials at a House Political Subdivisions Committee hearing on March 6.
Senator Chuck Wallen, sponsor, told the committee the bill would list public safety telecommunicators among those defined as first responders under section 57-40.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, alongside firefighters, law enforcement and…
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