Standish Fire-EMS

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The Standish Communications Center is located at the Central Fire Station within the Municipal Center and is operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Receiving and dispatching calls for Fire, Medical emergencies, animal control, facilitating the issuance of burning permits and any special requests of the town's contract Sheriff's deputies. This is also the primary dispatch center for Sebago Fire/EMS. The dispatchers are the first line in customer service for the citizens and vistors of the town. We have four full time dispatchers with supplement from six part time dispatchers. There is one dispatcher on duty at a time.

Standish Dispatch handles walk-ins to the public safety division, recieves the communities 9-1-1 calls from the Cumberland County Communications Center, answers 4 other business lines, as well as monitoring 3 primary and all of our surrounding mutual aid radio frequencies.

Standish Public Safety Dispatch had 23,671 encounters in 2007 with the public to include phone calls and citizens making direct contact at the window in the public safety lobby.

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Some of the services dispatch tends to are:
    • Answering emergency calls from the public, as well as 4 Business lines.
    • Tending to walk-ins to the public safety area.  
    • Dispatching Fire/EMS units, and Public works.
    • Taking animal control complaints and questions.
    • Assisting with any requests by the contract deputies of the town of Standish.
    • Monitoring 3 primary frequencies as well as surrounding towns frequencies. 
    • The ability to tone out calls for several surrounding towns in case of equipment failure.
    • Filling out free burn permits for the residents of Standish.

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