https://www.newtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/119673/638512980241430000

bottom line - to the best of my understanding -

30 years ago they combined the police and fire dispatchers at the police station

here in this 2024 document they say that there are a minimum of 4
people in the dispatch center on day shifts - maybe that drops to 3 in
the middle of the night

they are proposing moving 2 of those dispatcher positions to the fire
hq / station 3 / eoc - the staffing would be temporary people or
detailed firefighters or retirees - something like that - they would
run 2 console and only dispatch fire and ems calls apparently

not sure if they ever moved forward on that plan

they would be taking a major step backwards because that is
essentially exactly what they were doing 30 years ago

note - 30 years ago the newton fire dispatchers also served as the
metrofire dispatchers

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