Information about your local 9-1-1 Center! *
The Marengo County 9-1-1 Communications Center is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 day a year. Presently, the Center employees a 9-1-1 Director, an assistant director, and 8 full time dispatchers. There are 2 dispatchers on duty at all times.
These two dispatchers dispatch for:
Police Departments
Demopolis Police Department
Linden Police Department
Marengo County Sheriff’s Department
Sweet Water Police Department
Myrtlewood Police Department
Thomaston Police Department
Fire Departments
Demopolis Fire Department
Linden Fire Department
Jefferson Fire Department
Marengo Rescue Squad
Springhill FD
Thomaston FD
Myrtlewood FD
Surginer FD
Dixons Mills FD
Sweet Water FD
South Marengo Rescue Squad
Putnam FD
Medical
Amstar Ambulance Service
Miscellaneous Departments
Alabama Power
Black Warrior
Demopolis water department
Demopolis street department
Linden water department
Linden street department
County road crew
State road crew
State Troopers
Telephone companies
Air evac
And any other department that may have to handle an emergency.
These two dispatchers are also responsible for setting off the weather sirens for all of Marengo County in the event of severe weather.
Below is a list of what some of their duties are:
Responsible for answering
10 telephone lines
Responsible for listening to traffic on 12 radios
Other responsibilities
Responsible for getting the necessary information out of every caller
Responsible for paging out the correct FD, Ambulance, or Law enforcement officer to a certain location
Required to know where every on-duty law enforcement officer is in Marengo County *
Required to keep a check on every law enforcement officer that is on a call from the time he/she arrives until he is finished and back in his car
Required to keep a check on all officers that is on a traffic stop from the time he/she says she is stopping the car until he is finished and back in his car
Required to not only keep the officer checked on a traffic stop but to also run tags, driver’s licenses, check for warrants, and log the action of the officer
Monitor weather conditions and set off sirens if Marengo County goes under a tornado warning
During severe storms they must not only handle all the police, fire and medical calls but also notify the power companies, road crews etc of emergencies
Must find out who, what, when, where, and why on every call
Monitor all radios for radio transmissions from law enforcement field units
Communicate with suicidal citizens
Keep a detailed record of every incident that occurs for police, fire, medical and any other that they dispatch
Handle multiple calls at the same time..
Marengo County 911 is a division of County government. A Board of Directors is appointed by the County Commission to oversee the
operation of the 911 system. The Board employs an Executive Director to implement the Board's policies and to manage the day to day
operation of the system. The Executive Director hires and supervises staff as authorized by the Board to ensure the efficient operation of
the 911 system.
Board Members
Tommie Reese - Chairman Bruce Baker - Co - Chairman
Carolyn Rogers Joseph Hudson
Bill Mason Ricky Hall
STAFFING
Adminstrative
Kevin McKinney - Director
Jennifer Robertson - Assistant Director / Dispatcher
Dispatchers
A minimum of a two dispatchers/telecommunicators are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.
Shifts are divided into 12 hour days and 12 hour nights and run from 7 until 7.
Shameka Fluker - Dispatcher
Shemeca Wilson - Dispatcher
Valada Dunning - Dispatcher
Natrina Wilson - Dispatcher
Monique Holt - Dispatcher
Cliff Scarbrough - Dispatcher
Kim Carter - Dispatcher
Joelisa Bates - Dispatcher
Your 911 Center
Marengo County Emergency Communications District
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