COLUMBIA 911 SEES BUSIEST YEAR EVER...
HUDSON, NY -- The year 2011 was the busiest ever for the Columbia County 911 Department. Nearly 59,000 calls for service were answered resulting in over 40,000 dispatches.
“Call volume goes up every year”, said Director of 911 Robert Lopez, "with 2011 being our busiest yet”. Most notably, the emergency communications department continues to see a rise in the number of cellular 911 calls they receive. “Our cell calls were up almost 18% over last year”, said Lopez. “With so many cell phones out there now, a simple car accident can result in 5 or 6 phone calls”. But cellular 911 isn’t the only area where the department has seen increases. Dispatched incidents were up almost 10% over last year as well.
The County 911 Department is responsible for dispatching all Fire, EMS and emergency Police activity in the County. In 2011, the department processed 4,109 fire dispatches, 12,107 EMS (ambulance) dispatches, 14,754 police dispatches, and an additional 6,128 dispatches to other government agencies and utility companies.
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“Call volume goes up every year”, said Director of 911 Robert Lopez, "with 2011 being our busiest yet”. Most notably, the emergency communications department continues to see a rise in the number of cellular 911 calls they receive. “Our cell calls were up almost 18% over last year”, said Lopez. “With so many cell phones out there now, a simple car accident can result in 5 or 6 phone calls”. But cellular 911 isn’t the only area where the department has seen increases. Dispatched incidents were up almost 10% over last year as well.
The County 911 Department is responsible for dispatching all Fire, EMS and emergency Police activity in the County. In 2011, the department processed 4,109 fire dispatches, 12,107 EMS (ambulance) dispatches, 14,754 police dispatches, and an additional 6,128 dispatches to other government agencies and utility companies.
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