HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-01-2008-3bORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 1, 2008
Action Agenda
Item No. _ ` - -
SUBJECT: Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proclamation Gwen Snowden, 245-3030
PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of April 13-19, 2008 as Public Safety Telecommunicators'
Week in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: Two national organizations also recognize and proclaim this week on behalf
of telecommunicators nationwide. Those organizations are the Association of Public Safety
Communications Officials and the National Emergency Numbers Association.
Telecommunicators in Orange County are active in both organizations, working toward
enhancing the quality of service that communications centers provide.
Orange County's communications center provides 9-1-1 service to all residents in the County
and dispatches the appropriate emergency services and law enforcement in time of need.
Orange County's telecommunicators are among the highest trained in the state.
Telecommunicators provide a valuable service to the citizens and make Orange County a safer
place to live.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Proclamation
and authorize the Chair to sign it.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS' WEEK
2008
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Thousands of dedicated telecommunicators daily serve the residents of the
United States and Canada by answering their telephone calls for law enforcement, fire, and
emergency medical services by dispatching the appropriate assistance as quickly as
possible; and
WHEREAS, The critical functions performed by professional telecommunicators also
include those related to forestry and conservation operations, highway safety and
maintenance activities, and many other operations performed by federal, state and local
government agencies; and
WHEREAS, Professional telecommunicators work to improve the emergency response
capabilities of these communication systems through their leadership and participation in
training programs and other activities provided by the Association of Public Safety
Communications Officials and the National Emergency Number Association; and
WHEREAS, These associations are organizations of more than 100,000 people engaged
in the design, installation and operation of emergency response communications, and have
set aside the week beginning April 13, 2008, to recognize telecommunicators and their
crucial role in the protection of life and property;
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby
proclaim the week of April 13-19, 2008, as "National Public Safety Telecominunicators
Week" in Orange County, North Carolina, in honor and recognition of our County's
telecommunicators and the vital contributions they snake to the safety and well being of
our residents.
Adopted this lst day of April 2008.
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners