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a rmg-DacK reature is available for callers from the 675, 635 and 636 exchanges. This can come in handy, j said dispatcher Penny Atkins, if some*! one calls in and then hangs up before? any information is obtained, though’ the person’s location is noted automatically and a deputy can be sent.
Ms. Atkins said she normally receives between two and five 911 i calls during her shift, and they are| mainly rescue or fire calls. Once in a ? while a suicide call will come in, and ■* there are some prank calls. For those, she said, people usually explain that they were trying to call 411 and reached 911 instead.
The dispatchers also have»an Advanced Medical Priority dispatch ^ system which allows them to talk a caller through a medical emergency!until rescue workers can get there. They have instructions for snakebite, heart attack, or just about any other medical emergency. Sheila Scott,'Lisa Dodson, Elizabeth King and Carol Wilson are all dispatchers as v|eO ajij Penny Atkins, though SherifT"S«tJe1 said everyone in his office is trained " to handle dispatching if needed. 4
There are still many houses which have not put up numbers on their house, mailbox or post by their driveway. “If there is just a driveway and no mailbox it makes it very hard,”^ Mr. Burke said. ’ f
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