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Public Safety Committee readies for state police 911 closure, appoints county information liaison
Summary
The Public Safety Committee reviewed monthly call and incident data, appointed Carl Kiltz as Greene County information liaison officer, and discussed a planned Oct. 23 closure of the state police 911 answering point that will route calls first to the county, then to Catskill PD and Columbia County if busy.
At its meeting the Greene County Public Safety Committee reviewed monthly public-safety statistics, approved the appointment of an information liaison officer, and discussed an imminent change to 911-answering arrangements after a state police desk closure.
Presenter Mr. Power reported monthly incident totals: 545 EMS calls, 183 fire calls and a total of 2,996 calls across all systems for the reporting period; inbound phone calls to the county 911 center were reported as 3,311. Text-to-911 usage for the month was noted as 32, and mutual-aid tallies listed EMS mutual aid 30 and fire mutual aid 13. The presenter also reported one hazmat response in the town of Cooksock.
The committee approved appointing Carl Kiltz as Greene County’s information liaison officer. Committee materials said the liaison will present a two-hour…
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