Dispatch Funding
Dispatch centers and 9-1-1 agencies are not funded properly. 9-1-1 telecommunicators are the first first responders and without them no one would know about an emergency. FEMA does not recognize telecommunicators as a resource. 9-1-1 centers are not eligible for homeland security funding. Design a funding stream like the FEMA Fire Grants. They are not bogged down by online requirements, no passwords to remember ...more »
Dispatch centers and 9-1-1 agencies are not funded properly. 9-1-1 telecommunicators are the first first responders and without them no one would know about an emergency. FEMA does not recognize telecommunicators as a resource. 9-1-1 centers are not eligible for homeland security funding.
Design a funding stream like the FEMA Fire Grants. They are not bogged down by online requirements, no passwords to remember to change every 90 days and a computer science degree to submit. The fire grants works very well and would work very well as a funding source for 9-1-1.
9-1-1 is entering into the next generation of technology and the basis of funding 9-1-1 with land line phone surcharges will no longer work.
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