21 May 06 20:57, Ross Cassell wrote to Bj”rn Felten:

 RC> Hello Bj”rn!

 RC> 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.

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

 RC> Now in major metropolitan areas that span multiple counties,
 RC> emergency services might be consolidated for those areas into one
 RC> local agency, but nevertheless every phone exchange is routed to the
 RC> 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)?

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

The 'and dispatchers' part of that is their other job, when they're not
busy with 911 traffic.


Roy
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