Hello Bj”rn!

22 May 06 02:47, you wrote to Bob Ackley:

 BF>    That's interesting. If those numbers are typical for the rest of
 BF> the US that means you have abt. 5,000 stations. Far less than the
 BF> 60.000 that Dale guessed for, even if you double the number to
 BF> compensate the more populated states.

If you understand how the US states each are divided into counties, in most
states the emergency services are done county by county, whereas they will
dispatch the appropriate fire/rescue or police department.

Now in major metropolitan areas that span multiple counties, emergency
services might be consolidated for those areas into one local agency, but
nevertheless every phone exchange is routed to the proper agency when 911
is called.


 BA>> The operations center is usually co-located with the county
 BA>> sheriff's office and dispatcher

 BF>    So one could say that it's usually not a full time job (the
 BF> operators perform other duties between calls)?

That maybe the case for some real small locales, but where I live the
dispatchers have no other duties but to be operators and dispatchers.

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