Camden County Upgrades 911 Dispatch Systems to Improve Safety of Responding Firemen
For Immediate Release: March 23, 2009
Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH

In an effort spearheaded by the Camden County Board of Freeholders, County firemen will now be provided with vital safety information when responding to a fire scene. Deployed at the county’s Emergency Communications Center, the system will identify gas and electric shut off points, detail chemicals, if any, stored at the site, and provide fire hydrant locations in proximity to a fire.

The software system, which has a price tag of $399,455, was developed with input from the Camden County Fire Chiefs Association and Director of Public Safety, Herbert Steelman. The contract was awarded to Iowa based ACS Firehouse Software.

“Fire-fighters will receive all relevant information prior to arrival at the scene via the new technology,” said Freeholder Joseph Ripa, the seven-member Freeholder Board’s liaison to the Department of Public Safety. “Access to this information will minimize the risk of injury by making firemen more fully aware of what they face prior to their arrival on scene.”

Ripa also indicated that a similar system was installed approximately two years ago to help police officers in the county responding to 911 calls.

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