Welcome to Blount County 9-1-1
Are you looking for a new career or would like to enhance your knowledge of public safety telecommunications? Join us for our Telecommunicator Rookie School! This class is designed to give all attendees the basic knowledge and skills needed to have a successful career as a public safety telecommunicator. The class consists of a 40-hour introduction to basic public safety telecommunications (PST), a 32-hour Alabama Emergency Medical Dispatch Practitioner (EMD) course, and an 8-hour American Heart Association CPR course - the basics needed to be employeed by any dispatch center in Alabama. Eighteen seats are availble for the class which will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The class runs from July 9-13 for PST, July 16th for CPR, and July 17, 19, 20 for EMD. All classes will be held during the day. Total course cost is $25 and will be required to reserve a seat in the class. For more information or to sign up, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Ambulance Advisory Committee
The Blount 9-1-1 Board has established an Ambulance Advisory Committee. This committee is responsible for monitoring ambulance responses by the contracted provider in Blount County and providing recommendations to the 9-1-1 board concerning contract compliance. The next meeting is scheduled for July 5th at 5:00 p.m at the Pine Mountain Community Center. These are the advisory committee members.
| Name | Organization |
| Caleb Branch, Chair | Blount 9-1-1 |
| Jon Head | Blount County Fire and EMS |
| John Reed | Blount County Fire and EMS |
| Doug Smith | Blount County Healthcare Authority |
| Greg Brown | Saint Vincent's Blount |
| Arthur Willis | 9-1-1 Board Appointment |
| Greg Hamrick | 9-1-1 Board Appointment |
| Susan Blackwood | Dispatch Appointment |
| Larry Armstrong | Mayor's Association |
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Active Shooter Training
The Blount County Sheriff's Office will hold active shooter training during the month of April. For more information or to sign up, call Operations Officer Tim Kent or Lieutenant Russ Clayborn at 205-625-4127.
Text-to-911 At Work in Blount County
Text-to-911 has recently been attributed to assisting two citizens in summoning help. Click the link to read the press release concerning this valuable service and how it integrates with emergency communications.
Update Your House Description!
Please help us update our database to ensure responders can quickly locate you if an emergency arises. Often citizens change the color of their house, make additions, or even move and fail to inform 9-1-1 that they have done so. This can cause problems for law enforcement, fire, and EMS who may be (for instance) looking for a blue house only to find the house has been painted white. In an emergency situation, those seconds matter and that's why we need accurate house and building descriptions. Click here to update your house description; we will not share your information with anyone other than those responding to an emergency.
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