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Dispatch and emergency management report rising call volume, pending grants and hazard-plan update
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Summary
Director Rebinsky reported higher CAD and 911 volumes, near-complete joint power agreements, submitted WISCOM and EPCR grant applications, EMPG funding awarded pending state acceptance, and ongoing hazard mitigation and American Birkebeiner planning.
Director Rebinsky briefed the committee on communications and emergency management activity, saying dispatch workloads are up and several grant and planning actions are underway.
"So far in January we've pushed out and received back the joint power agreements which will be soon mailed to the state just waiting on one more," Rebinsky said. Rebinsky noted NextGen 911 grant rounds close in June, confirmed submission of a WISCOM daily user grant on Jan. 15 and an EPCR grant for emergency medical records, and said EMPG funding was awarded though state acceptance remains pending.
Dispatch counts are higher compared with last year: total CADs through Jan. 26 were cited as 1,292 (up from 1,215), 911 calls since Jan. 1 were 403 and administrative lines totaled 2,434 for a combined 2,837 calls in the first 27 days of the month. Rebinsky also announced Amber Alcom successfully completed field training and was offered a full-time dispatch position beginning Feb. 9.
Emergency management staff reported work on American Birkebeiner-related plans and that the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is finishing a five-year hazard mitigation plan update.
Committee members offered no objections and moved to other agenda items.
