June 2022 BobCasts

[No BobCast on June 5]

Season 1, Episode 9 • June 19 Wood County Emergency Communications with Kenny Harris, Director: Tonight’s guest is Kenny Harris, WA8LLM, Director of Wood County Emergency Communications. WCEC is an all-volunteer non-profit Amateur Radio organization, created to provide backup and overload communications to all Public Safety agencies in Wood County, West Virginia, and the surrounding counties in West Virginia and Ohio. This evening he joins us to discuss the organization and their activities, and to give us a quick peek into this year’s ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League) Field Day, a nationwide event in which Amateur Radio Operators practice their communication skills under mock disaster conditions. Please visit their website at WC8EC.org.
Season 1, Episode 10 • June 27 Wood/Wirt County 911 with Aaron Fleenor, Public Information Officer: Our guest this evening is Aaron Fleenor, Public Information Officer and Administrative Assistant for the Wood/Wirt County (WV) 911 Center. Aaron says that the most important take-away from his interview is “National Number, Local Service.” That means that although 911 is the national emergency number, dispatchers cannot dispatch responders out of their own area. If you live in Parkersburg and you’re talking with your grandmother in Cleveland, and she says she needs an ambulance, you must contact the dispatch center in Cleveland to get help to her. The local dispatchers can do nothing to help you. To schedule a tour of the 911 center, call the Communications Coordinator, Bill Riffle, at the business office.
www.woodcountywv.com/county-offices/e911.html
Facebook: WoodCoWV911
Business Office: (304) 429-0911
Non-Emergency Dispatch: (304) 485-8501