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Carbon County proclaims National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; dispatch leader highlights lifesaving calls and staffing pressures
Summary
The board adopted a proclamation honoring telecommunicators for April 12–18, 2026; Gary Williams, introduced at the meeting, described dispatchers' CPR instructions, multiple simultaneous incidents and cited roughly 118,000 calls last year and recent spikes that strain staffing.
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt a proclamation recognizing April 12–18, 2026 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to honor local 911 dispatchers. A staff reader presented the proclamation, which praises dispatchers for providing emergency assistance, dispatching responders and offering life-saving instructions.
After the procl…
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