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Emergency Management reports rising demand, new 911 equipment and an added dispatch station
Summary
Director Kim Elkie told the committee Jan. 911 activity included 766 calls and 27 texts and that training for new call-handling equipment has begun; Elkie also described acquiring a fourth dispatch station via local sourcing to expand capacity and said cutover to the new system is planned for the first week of March.
Kim Elkie, Director of Emergency Management and E/911 Services, updated the Courts & Public Safety Committee on operations, equipment and staffing plans. Elkie reported January totals and operational changes, described recent equipment acquisitions and gave a timeline for a system cutover.
The report listed 766 911 calls in January and 27 text messages; the monthly packet also listed 1,915…
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