JOB DESCRIPTION
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to approve a proposed updated/revised Emergency Communications Specialist (Dispatch) job description as contained in the draft dated June 15, 2021.
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Background:
To update the job description with current requirements. No impact on salary.
Attached for reference is the 2019 job description along with the new draft.
Proposed Job Description
TOWN OF LEDYARD
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
NATURE OF WORK:
Functions as a dispatcher in the Ledyard Emergency Communications Center (LECC) which is the Primary Service Answering Point (PSAP) for the Towns of Ledyard, Preston, and any other contract towns which dispatch the towns' emergency services personnel. Performs other duties, as required by the Chief of Police or his/her designee.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Receives written and oral instructions from the Chief of Police or his/her designee. Plans, organizes and performs daily work according to established policies and procedures. Establishes priorities within work assignments.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Answers all telephone calls received on the Towns' emergency lines. Obtains information for Police, and all Ledyard Emergency Services using established procedures. Monitors fire alarm reporting system and the Towns' emergency and local government radio and voice communications systems.
Activates emergency services personnel via the Towns' Paging and radio systems. Communicates with emergency services personnel. Maintains activity logs and event times that support emergency operations. Notifies other emergency agencies and personnel for assistance as directed, or per protocol.
Maintains duty rosters for Towns' emergency services personnel. Accepts telephone and/or radio messages as to availability of emergency services personnel.
**** The duties listed above are intended only as illustrative of the various types of work that may be performed. The omissions of specific sta...
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