The Virginia Department of Emergency Management plans to honor telecommunicators across the commonwealth beginning Sunday, April 9.
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), observed every second week in April, has been set aside to recognize and celebrate the work of telecommunicators, who are the first and most critical link between the public and emergency services. In 2022, emergency communications professionals answered approximately 4.35 million 9-1-1 calls in Virginia, often providing life-saving instructions to callers before responding units arrive on-scene. VDEM would like to specifically recognize our Situational Awareness Unit telecommunicators who assist in coordinating state resources to aid localities during public safety emergencies.
For more on the history of NPSTW, visit https://www.npstw.org/npstw-the-backstory/.
