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Lets look at the real facts - which no news reporter will ever figure out - Barnstable County Sheriff - runs the county jail and his dispatch center and maybe some crime scene detectives - he has no patrol units like a typical USA Sheriff Dept has - the dispatch center serves as PSAP and / or dispatch point for some towns on Cape Cod - the Sheriffs dispatch center also serves as the fire mutual aid control point - and sends out police BOLOs All agencies on Cape Cod use the State TRS and most have local independent radio channels also Towns in Cape Cod Provincetown - local police/fire dispatcher serves as PSAP and dispatch point (DP) Truro - local police/fire dispatcher serves as PSAP and DP Wellfleet - local police dispatcher serves as police DP - county serves as PSAP and fire DP Eastham - local police/fire dispatcher serves as PSAP and DP Orleans - local police dispatcher serves as police DP - county serves as PSAP and fire DP Brewster - local police dispatcher serves as police DP - county serves as PSAP and fire DP Chatham - possibly separate local police and fire dispatchers serves as DPs - county serves as PSAP Harwich - local police/fire dispatcher serves as police/fire DP - county serves as PSAP Dennis - local police dispatcher serves as PSAP and police DP - county is fire DP Yarmouth - local police dispatcher serves as PSAP and DP - (maybe FD has own dispatcher) Barnstable - local police dispatcher serves as PSAP and police DP - county is fire DP for Barnstable FD and West Barnstable FD - Hyannis FD dispatcher serves as fire DP for Hyannis FD - Centerville FD dispatcher serves as fire DP for Centerville FD and Cotuit FD Mashpee - local police dispatcher serves as police DP - county serves as PSAP and fire DP Falmouth - local police dispatcher serves as police DP - local fire dispatcher servs as fire DP - county serves as PSAP Otis AFB - county serves as PSAP and fire DP - police dispatcher erves as police DP - Coast Guard dispatcher serves as ambulance DP - military serves as DP also probably for other security forces Sandwich - local police dispatcher serves as PSAP and police DP - local fire dispatcher serves as fire DP - (or shared fire/police dispatchers) Bourne - local police dispatcher serves as PSAP and police DP - county serves as fire DP In this system there are no "on call" dispatchers. There are no "part time" dispatchers either (ie - fireman answers phone, dispatches call, and then drives fire truck, leaving PD to answer phones). Maybe someone else can sit down and figure out how many different configurations this is. Maybe a dozen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
