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JAN 3 0 1995 <br />8001( <br />people are contacted by beeper; response time; how cumbersome it <br />is, the possibility of error, etc. <br />Mr. Fletcher explained the steps whereby a fire call to 911 <br />goes to the South County dispatcher, who relays it to the fire <br />department whose area it is in. He felt that actually all the <br />South County is doing is acting as the switchboard at this point. <br />Mr. Fletcher agreed that there are some problems, and the 911 <br />system is not perfect yet, but he felt it about 95% perfect. <br />In further discussion, Administrator Wright emphasized that <br />the North County needs the new communications package regardless <br />of whether or not the 911 system is set up separately, and he <br />felt that, in any event, all you are doing is relaying a message <br />to a dispatcher and that you are not going to gain any time with <br />a separate system. <br />Mr. Mensing informed the Commission that he attends quite a <br />few of the Advisory Committee meetings. He realized there are <br />problems and agreed that there may be things the Board could <br />inject that might be steps ahead, but felt the Board is out of <br />place criticizing because the volunteers are a very dedicated <br />hard-working group of people, each of whom are used to protecting <br />their own turf. As to the 911 system, he could not understand <br />why the North and South County do not contribute to the Sheriff's <br />budget so that when this call comes to the Sheriff's Department, <br />they handle it right there and you don't have to depend on <br />another person and another step to have the information relayed <br />to the proper fire department. He felt the North County, the <br />Commission, and the Sheriff should get together on this. <br />Commissioner Lyons again emphasized that this involves a <br />system that requires first a 24 hour, seven -day -a -week <br />dispatcher, and the second situation is that the County has a <br />responsibility here; we must know that call is going to be <br />answered and in a timely fashion. One reason this is handled the <br />way it is now is that the 911 operator does not have time to find <br />out whether or not this call has been answered by the Fire <br />8 <br />