By 
As Chairperson of the Foothills Regional 911 Commission and your local Councillor, I’m sharing an important news update about our 911 Dispatch:
- The issue of separating Fire & EMS Dispatch continues to be a problem in Southern Alberta. It’s gotten even worse!
- We are sharing our story through our News Release, Fact Sheet (detailed stats), Map & The 911 Call explained, on our website: https://www.fixrural911dispatch.com/
- Lives are at risk every single day, because the current broken system of separating Fire & EMS dispatch in the 911 response is causing life-threatening delays, risk to first responders, and many other problems.
- This affects people who live in our area, anyone travelling on our highways, visiting our parks and tourist attractions in Southern Alberta and Banff.
- We are requesting the return of EMS Dispatch to our Foothills Regional 911 Commission, because we need a Single-point 911 Call answer with Fire & EMS dispatched together to solve the multiple problems causing delays.
- We are asking the Health Minister to allow Foothills Regional 911 to become a satellite EMS Dispatch Centre, as has been done in 4 other places in Alberta.
- Please visit our website for a draft letter you can email to help support this effort:
https://www.fixrural911dispatch.com/
- Check out our FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/FixRural911Dispatch/
