The incident type gives the dispatcher access to response recommendations for different kinds of incidents. The geographic information gives the dispatcher access to unit and response information for the incident. Later, when the call is cleared, all information about the call is transferred to the law enforcement, fire or EMS records system, where it is available for inquiry and reporting. In addition to programs for data entry, the CAD system generates a wide range of documents and reports. Besides the value for daily operations, such reports can alert administrators and managers to existing or impending situations and provide information necessary to formulate solutions and influence policy.
All information is right at the operator's fingertips and easily accessible.
And this in turn minimizes the emergency services response time to the public. The Walla Walla Dept of Public Safety Communications also assists the Walla Walla Police Dept and Walla Walla Sheriff's Office by staffing dispatchers at the Balloon Stampede, 4th of July in the park and the Walla Walla County Fair and Frontier Days. Dispatchers staff a booth at the events and coordinate with the officers to advise of lost children, disturbances in the area and to assist with radio traffic to the Dispatch Center. We are also installing a new county wide simulcast radio system. The new radio system will allow clearer, more accurate and wide-ranging radio communications throughout the county.