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Genesee County 911 center plans to take over private ambulance dispatches

It could take significantly less time to get emergency help in the county by this time next year with a new system for tracking ambulances with satellite technology

Genesee County 9-1-1 may improve local EMS

Local EMS may realize some improvements in Atlas Township.

Lloyd Fayling, 9-1-1 director for Genesee County, said within a year a new mode of EMS dispatch could be in place that could speed service to the southeastern regions of the county.

Reverse 911 calls help emergency responders quickly alert residents to incidents

Instead of residents calling 911 in an emergency, a dispatcher can call them during an important event with a reverse 911 call.

The service proved helpful during the recent fire at the White Oil Co. in Vienna Township, said Clio Fire Chief Gary Domerese.

When the need to evacuate the area arose, a reverse 911 call went out for a specified area.

"We were able to reach a lot of people very quickly....

Genesee County Receives Letter of

Appreciation for its part in locating
two missing children

On Wednesday, July 8, 2009 a 911 call was received by Central Dispatch for two children who had been missing for over 3 hours in Atlas Township. As professionals in this field, many thoughts go through your mind when these types of calls are responded to. Always hoping for the best, while staying realistic about the worst. As time progressed and waves of resources were sent, it became very apparent that additional support was needed. I needed air support, K-9’s, volunteer coordination...

If you already think it's easy to get a speeding ticket in Genesee County, just wait. It's about to get even easier.

In the coming weeks, a select group of police agencies across the county are planning to go online with a new, speedier "paperless ticket system."

Gone will be the days of thick ticket books and barely legible citations. In their place? In-car computers with laser printers bolted to the back.

Drivers will still get a paper ticket, but the other five copies for police and court files will go straight to a computer server.

Genesee County officials have a new tool to help them in emergencies. Now in place, the county will be able to call thousands of people in a short period to pass along urgent information.

How do you contact everyone in a neighborhood and let them know they need to evacuate? What can you do to let people know a child is missing or a criminal is on the loose?

The answer in Genesee County is Reverse 911.

CalAmp Corp., a leading provider of wireless products and engineering services, today announced that its Dataradio operating unit has signed a contract with Michigan's Genesee County E-911 Consortium to replace the Consortium's existing mobile data public safety network for first responders.

The contract is valued at approximately $1.3 million and will provide mobile data to 31 police departments and 27 fire departments in Genesee County. Work on the project is expected to begin in the first quarter of calendar 2007, with system acceptance scheduled for December 2007.

Flint Michigan, 5:15 PM the National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Genesee County. AT 5:06 PM EDT. National Weather Service Doppler Radar “indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging” -and so the announcement went. Little did we know that this particular storm would be the birth place for two tornados in the Mid Michigan area causing severe damage to several towns.

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