Can one 911 Center handle all of Massachusetts? 1. Massachusetts has 351 citys and towns. Street names usually change at the town borders. These are usually major streets.
2. State Police typically patrol the interstate highways. Local police handle the local roads, and they respond to the interstates for major emergencys. 3. Massachusetts terrain varies from flat to mountainous. Most areas are forested with heavily overgrown fire suppressed ecosystems. 4. Massachusetts is a coastal state with extensive recreational waterway usage. 5. Cape Cod is a huge peninsula with just 2 bridges for access. Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket are major islands. 6. Massachusetts has an large number of high technology companys and colleges. 7. Boston has a major international airport right next to its downtown area, and right next to Boston Harbor. 8. 25% of the population is on psychiatric drugs - large numbers are obese - huge numbers are dying from drug overdoses annually - the present 911 system has lower than a 5% save rate for sudden cardiac arrests. 9. Massachusetts has 6.7 million residents spread over 10,000 square miles. Severe weather and emergencys in 1 part of the state may not affect large numbers of people in other parts of the state. Therefore - Massachusetts is not a flat, corn filled Great Plains State; nor a flat range covered High Plains state. Question - how accurate are the location infos supplied by cellphones to 911 dispatchers in Massachusetts? Do these features work inside buildings? Do 911 dispatchers receive billing address info from cellphone callers? Can one 911 Center serve all of Massachusetts? Yes indeed - that is a fine question. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
