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TMCNet: BRIEF: Horry County's 911 center named best in the state

[November 05, 2009]

BRIEF: Horry County's 911 center named best in the state

Nov 05, 2009 (The Sun News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Horry County's 911 emergency dispatchers were selected as the 2009 S.C. "Communications Center of the Year" during an conference of emergency officials, Lisa Bourcier, county spokeswoman, said Thursday.

The award was presented Friday to county officials by the state's Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International/National Emergency Number Association.

Horry County's 911 is a consolidated center that answers all 911 calls in the county and dispatches police, fire and ambulance calls for all county public safety agencies, as well as Atlantic Beach police, Aynor police, Briarcliffe Acres police, Conway fire rescue, Surfside Beach fire rescue and the county's volunteer rescue squads, Bourcier said.

During Fiscal Year 2009, Horry County 911 dispatchers answered 221,693 calls and dispatched 190,962 incidents. They have a staff of 54 people, and all the telecommunicators are certified by the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy and are trained to provide medical pre-arrival instructions to assist patients before the ambulance arrives.

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