This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and Lassen County Sheriff John McGarva took time to thank the dispatchers who work in the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 center, the Susanville Area CHP Dispatch Center and the Susanville Interagency Fire Center, providing critical services to people in our region.
“Public Safety Dispatchers are the first to help those in need,” explains Sheriff McGarva. “Whether it is law enforcement, fire or medical, they are the ones who triage the calls to get the right services where they are needed.”
“They work in a high-stress environment with a very intensive workload. My dispatchers do an amazing job for the citizens of Lassen County and we are lucky to have such dedicated and professional people working hard for us.”
Lassen County’s public safety team includes Lead Dispatchers Angela Lewis and Yvette Proffer, Dispatchers Tracy Mattern, Phylicia Hinze-Buff, Jeris Stevens, Sarah Anderson and Trysta Spangle.
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week was established in recognition of this special group of people who show care and compassion while performing very challenging duties.
