April 15, 2024
Well it goes without saying that it’s April 15th tax day. Also, this week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, when dispatchers are honored. Did you know that there are in Steuben County, 44 Fire Departments? Over a dozen law enforcement agencies? And that the county 9-1-1 center gets between 90,000 and 100,000 calls a year from county residents? That’s not counting residents from outside of Steuben County, who call while driving in Steuben County on 390, I-86 and many other roads. Here’s just three of the major incidents from the last few years, handled by dispatchers at the 9-1-1 Center in Steuben County: The August 22nd 2023 Roosevelt Avenue shooting incident in Bath, the February 22nd downtown fire in Wayland, which spread from building to building, and the November 18th 2019 massive fire in Hornell.
