Grant County 9-1-1 Dispatch team recognized

By Logan Bagett on Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories

JOHN DAY – Grant County 9-1-1 Director Cammie Haney issued a release recognizing our local 9-1-1 Dispatch team during National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s Week. Find her statement below:

(The following is a release from Grant County 911 Director Cammie Haney)

“As we celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, I would like to take a moment to recognize our local 9-1-1 Dispatch Team.

Our center currently employs 4 full-time dispatchers, 1 part-time dispatcher, and one reserve. Together we total 77.5 years of experience and nearly 4500 training hours.

The work done in the communications center is not for the faint of heart. Dispatchers hear the worst of the worst and manage to stay calm, collected, and compassionate through it all. They are the eyes and ears on a scene before other first responders arrive. They are a vital link in the chain of individuals who make up our community’s emergency response system. Those we serve look to us to be medical experts, hostage negotiators, therapists, a personal GPS, child development specialists, detectives, and a data base of road conditions… just to name a few.

With that said, it is the good stuff that makes it worth it. When a baby is delivered over the phone, when a missing person is found alive and well, and all those funny phone calls and incidents you just can’t make up.

It is a thankless profession where perfection is expected, but we love every minute of it!

Thank you to Shiela Kowing, Angia Hannibal, Simon Gee, Janel Parker and Valerie Maynard! Your selfless service and the fine work you do is beyond appreciated!”