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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 04-04-2000-5eORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 4, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. 5~ SUBJECT: Proclamation for Public Safety Telecommunicator Week DEPARTMENT: Orange County Emergency PUBLIC HEARING: (YlN) No Management Communications ATTACHMENT(S): 1) Proclamation 2) State Proclamation INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Waters, ext 3030 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732181 Chapel Hill 9fi8-4501 Durham 6$8-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of April 9-15, 2000, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week in Orange County. BACKGROUND: James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of April 9-15, 2000, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the telecommunicators that work in emergency dispatch centers serving the citizens of this state. Two national organizations also recognize and proclaim this week on behalf of telecommunicators nationwide. Those organizations are Association of Public Safety Communications Officials and 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 citizens in the County and dispatches the appropriate emergency services and law enforcement, in time of need. Orange County's_teleco~mmunicators 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 the adoption of the Proclamation. z PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR'S WEEK 2000 A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Thousands of dedicated Telecommunicators daily serve the citizens 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 10,000 people engaged in the design, installation and operation of emergency response communications, has set aside the week beginning April 9, 2000, to recognize Telecommunicators and their crucial role in the protection of life and property; and WHEREAS, James B. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of April 9- 15, 2000, as Public Safety Telecommunicator Week in North Carolina; NOW, THEREFORE, we the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby proclaim the week of April 9-15, 2000, as "National Public Safety Telecomrnunicators Week" in Orange County, North Carolina, in honor and recognition of our County's Telecommunicators and the vital contributions they make to the safety and well being of our citizens. Adopted this 4th day of A .1,2000. Moses Carey, Jr., Chair ~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ IE,{Il(~~~Ir~ ~i ~ I! JAMES B. FIUNT Jli. GOVERNOR ~~~`~Ir ~~r I'llliLll' S,\rh.I'1''I'I~.I,h:C'UnInIIINICr1'1'UK'S \91"s1~IC 2oao 131''1'111. (:O\'I?KNOIZ OI' 'I'lll~, S'1'A'1'l? O1' NUK'1'll CAItUI,,1NA A I'IZU('l,nnin'1'IUN WI II_ILL•/\5, the scrvtccs :utd fnncliuns I~erlitrntcd by lnthlic saltay IelcconuuunicaUus are crilirtl lu the salcly and trcllhlc ol~lhc cilinns nl•Nurllt ('arulina; and WI IIKIiAS, Intblic salcly Iclecunununicalurs Invvidc 2d-hour-a-day service us the ~~ilnl link in Ihl: chain ul'cntergcncy services Itrn+•idcrs; ante wl na(I:ns, lhl'til' drdlcalell hIUICSSIUIndS ;ue the iniliftl point of cunlftel lin• citizens in crisis situations ,vho need cntcrgcncy scr,•il:cs i15SlS1f1111.'l'. 'They work Inn6 hours answering the public's doily cries lur help, fut(I ;uc ol7rn inslruntrnl;tl iu saving lives and reducing properly danrtge when lragt:dy strikes; NU W,'I'I IIiItIil~Ul(li, 1, .IAnlliti I3. I II IN'I'.IIt., (;o~~crnur of llte Seale ol'Nnrlh (:arolina, "~ du hereby proclaim April :.9-15,2000, as "I'UI3LIC5A1~1;'1'1''hELCCUMh1UNICATUIt'S 1VLLIC" in Nurlh C'arulinft, and urge our citizens lu acknowledge the conlribuliuns al~lhese laynl public servants. '~ JAMES [3. IIUN"1'Jlt. IN WI'I'NI:SS WI IIiIZIiUI~, I Itave ItClcUttlO 51:1 my hfllld and arI1XCd lhl' (irl'.Al Sl'.7I Uf the State of Nurlh Cftrulina ftl llte ('apilul in I(alcigh Ihis Iwenlielh day of hiarc4 in the year of cur Lord nineteen hundred forte ninety-eight, and of-the Indcpenden(x ul'lhe lhtiled Slates ul• America the Iwo hundred ante Iwenly-lirst.