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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK <br />April 12-18,2015 <br />A PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, The Orange County 9 -1 -1 Center serves the residents, workers and visitors <br />in Orange County by answering emergency calls for law enforcement, fire, emergency <br />medical services, and other requests for service and efficiently dispatch the most <br />appropriate assistance for those calls; and <br />WHEREAS, Our Telecommunicators are the "first" first responders that provide <br />assistance to those residents, workers and visitors; and <br />WHEREAS, The critical functions performed by our professional Telecommunicators <br />support many aspects of government services, including: Town Public Works, Public <br />Transit, Protective Services, Animal Services, and other operations; and <br />WHEREAS, Our professional Telecommunicators continuously work to improve Orange <br />County's emergency response capabilities through their leadership and participation in <br />training programs provided by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials <br />(APCO) and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); and <br />WHEREAS, Our professional Telecommunicators serve the public and emergency <br />responders in countless ways, often without due recognition by the beneficiaries of their <br />services; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, do hereby <br />proclaim the week of April 12 -18, 2015 as "Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" in <br />Orange County, North Carolina in honor and recognition of our Telecommunicators and <br />the vital contributions they make to the safety and well being of our residents, workers, <br />visitors, and public safety partners. <br />Adopted this 7th day of April 2015. <br />Earl McKee, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />