"Consolidation"
Dispatch or Be Dispatched? Wisconsin City Considers Value of Joint Communications
January 23, 2012New Berlin – In search of potential savings, both in terms of operational and capital costs, the city has hired a consultant to look into whether New Berlin might be better off if the Waukesha Communications Center answered fire and police calls.
Read full articleMaine: Number of Emergency Dispatch Sites Focus of Hearing
January 18, 2012Dawn Gagnon, Bangor Daily News (Maine) Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — Managers and directors of Maine’s emergency dispatch centers will gather…
Read full articleBloomingdale Consolidating 9-1-1 Dispatch; Layoffs Are Expected
January 11, 2012Bloomingdale trustees voted Monday to consolidate the village’s 911 services with the Addison Police Department, saying it will save up to $230,000 a year.
Read full articleNew Call Center Will Provide 9-1-1 Backup
January 3, 2012After months of meetings among El Paso County’s top lawmen, the agency that handles the region’s 911 has decided to spend $3.5 million on a backup call center.
Read full articleComm Center Mergers
November 22, 2011Although it may appear obvious that amalgamating dispatch centers will have cost savings, achieving success is difficult and knowledge based. Asking the right questions early in the process and applying the right models to determine workloads and staffing models are necessary to achieving real savings and not simply redistributing money between different levels of government.
Read full articleConsolidated City Police and Fire Dispatch Center in Operation
November 4, 2011When you have a car crash, a fire, a fall or another emergency in the city, your call for help will be answered by a dispatcher at the Oroville Police Department. The new combined Oroville police and fire dispatch station began fielding calls at 7 a.m. Tuesday, and Oroville Police Chief Bill LaGrone said the transition has gone smoothly.
Read full articleCounty Still Searching for Dispatch Answer
October 19, 2011AUBURN — The controversy over who will answer when local people dial 911 goes on.
County commissioners have tossed out a September 2010 vote to merge Androscoggin County’s emergency dispatching center with Lewiston-Auburn 911, a move that would have created a single hub for the county’s emergency calls.
Read full articleSafety Chief: State Needs Just Two Emergency Call Centers
October 7, 2011AUGUSTA — Maine has 26 public safety answering points. Public Safety Commissioner John Morris believes they can be reduced to just two for the entire state. He said the move will save money, but others are not convinced that will work.
Read full articleNorth Jersey: Better Cop, Fire Radios Nearer
October 6, 2011You could almost hear the cheering across North Jersey last week as police and fire officials voiced support for proposed federal legislation to buy them new radios and fulfill a post-9/11 mandate to unify their disjointed communications system. But are these officials ready for the next step — regionalization?
Read full articleLancaster to Join Regional Dispatch Center
September 28, 2011A proposed regional police dispatch center now has the support it needs to move forward after the third of five towns initially asked to join has signed on to the project. The dispatch center will include Harvard, Devens, Lunenburg, Lancaster and Shirley and will mean a savings of more than $100,000 for each community after the first year.
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