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Fulton County to train dispatchers and tweak siren policy; new protocol includes severe thunderstorm thresholds
Summary
The county’s 9-1-1 director told commissioners that dispatch staff will begin multi-week training ahead of a June system rollout and that the county’s siren protocol will be revised to allow activations for severe thunderstorm warnings with winds above 65 mph.
The county’s 9-1-1 office plans a two-week training regimen for dispatchers and a change in how community warning sirens are used, the 9-1-1 director told Fulton County commissioners at the April 7 meeting.
Britney, the county’s 9-1-1 director, said the office is on a timeline to “go live” with a new priority dispatch system in June and will split training across two weeks to accommodate staffing schedules. "Dispatchers will be training, for 2 weeks," she said, adding that the split schedule helps employees with shorter work weeks.
Britney also described an update to the county’s public warning…
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