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County to seed emergency-dispatch upgrade with timber proceeds while pursuing EMS grant
Summary
Nottoway officials agreed to purchase an integrated emergency-dispatch system (Total Response) and to seed the upfront costs with recently received timber proceeds while pursuing a state Office of EMS reimbursement grant; board created a grant fund to bridge expenses until reimbursement.
Emergency-services leadership and dispatch presented a grant-backed plan to implement an integrated emergency-dispatch system that ties CAD mapping, nature codes and scripted dispatcher protocols and to improve unit-recommendation accuracy.
Michelle, representing dispatch, described how the system will present scripted questions and map units to nature codes at the CAD screen to reduce toning errors and speed correct unit dispatch. The system quote included a county expenditure of roughly $73,097 (with a $39,005 local match figure referenced). The Office of EMS grant would reimburse a large portion; the county unanimously voted to create a grant fund and to seed it with timber revenue to cover initial invoices while awaiting reimbursement. Board members and staff discussed the need to get consultant teams scheduled by July if they plan to begin training and technology rollout before the court-ordered deadline for other projects.
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