Avon to move dispatch duties to Farmington

[Adamwalsh627]

I had read something from Avon, perhaps from the Town Manager, back in September about doing it for the 11pm to 7am shift only due to staffing. Is this a 24 hour relocation now? I don't remember if it started back in the fall or if they were simply talking about it then.

Just the midnight shift for now. I believe they want to disband Avon dispatch by the end of summer.

 

[simfire479]

That's why when FPD got their new station in August 2002, they built ample space upstairs so they would be able to handle extra workstations in the future because the they were trying to get Avon, Simsbury and Canton to all regionalize.

They won’t ever get Simsbury to give up there dispatch centers

 

[Bearded_Schnauzer]

They won’t ever get Simsbury to give up there dispatch centers

Why not?

I would imagine it is more cost effective to have a regional solution. I am not familiar with staffing at the PSAP's but a regional approach will likely have more than one person on duty at a time. I believe the state offers financial incentives to regionalize as well.

There are PSAP's than handle populations greater than the entire state of Connecticut and they do it with ease. I dont see why we need ~106 of them.

 

[Adamwalsh627]

Why not?

I would imagine it is more cost effective to have a regional solution. I am not familiar with staffing at the PSAP's but a regional approach will likely have more than one person on duty at a time. I believe the state offers financial incentives to regionalize as well.

There are PSAP's than handle populations greater than the entire state of Connecticut and they do it with ease. I dont see why we need ~106 of them.

I don't know what Jason was referring to about Simsbury... I don't know if Simsbury PD would or not but HELL OR HIGH WATER, Fire would never agree, it is it's own entity, they didn't even want anything to do with the Harris system.

 

[Bearded_Schnauzer]

I don't know what Jason was referring to about Simsbury... I don't know if Simsbury PD would or not but HELL OR HIGH WATER, Fire would never agree, it is it's own entity, they didn't even want anything to do with the Harris system.

Unbelievable... well not really. It's New England where everyone has to have their own everything.

Progress impeded by tradition.

 

[PD47JD]

A dispatcher issue not unique to your area. I live in a town wherein dispatch sounds like it's straight from Mayberry RFD. More often than not, the dispatcher sounds annoyed when a car calls in. The officers on patrol treat the radio much like a telephone. They pick up the mic and start
talking (usually not into the mic!) . No unit ID and a pause for the dispatcher to acknowledge. YIKES! This is a town where many years ago an officer was shot and no one answered his radio call...my department was on the same frequency...we heard it..we responded..put him in the back of a cruiser and made transport to the nearest ER. Several other such (not as severe) incidents have occurred. Lack of APCO standards training and supervision places the officer's life on the line with poorly trained and supervised dispatchers.

 

[SVFC462]

Just the midnight shift for now. I believe they want to disband Avon dispatch by the end of summer.

The midnight shift dispatching stopped when the temporary contract expired in January