Regional fire dispatch details emerge; Countywide system could save crucial minutes, fire chief says

From: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA | Date: March 12, 2004| Author: Susan O'Neill; SUSAN O'NEILL | Copyright information

For The Patriot Ledger

It's a matter of one minute, but if an ambulance gets to an emergency call quicker, those 60 seconds could make all the difference.

Canton Fire Chief Tim Ronayne outlined a plan to selectmen that would establish an emergency system to handle 911 calls for Norfolk County. He said crews could save that crucial minute responding to an emergency. Ronayne said the system would direct emergency calls to a central dispatch center in Canton at a building on the gr...

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