BREVARD COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DISPATCH

The Brevard County Fire Rescue Dispatch Center, located in Rockledge, is a secondary PSAP with seven (7) answering positions and six (6) inbound 9-1-1 trunks.

Total staff consists of 20 personnel including combination call takers/dispatchers. Operators at this center are certified emergency medical dispatchers capable of giving pre-arrival instructions to callers.

The equipment consists of Positron "Lifeline" 9-1-1 terminal equipment with seven 60-button IAP Plus Workstations, a 32-channel digital logging recorder, and instant playback recorders.

Spectracomm Netclock equipment is installed to provide for master timing of 911 hardware.

This center received 40,931 9-1-1 calls in FY 1997/98. The following chart depicts the call activity at this site over the last three (3) fiscal years: