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6.1.A. - Page 11 jurisdictions. Dispatch centers receive and document incoming calls, transmit messages to appropriate personnel, and maintain logs of the daily activities with the help of computer aided dispatch systems (CADs). They operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. What happens when you ca119-1-1 from a landline in San Mateo County? A119-1-1 calls in San Mateo County are transmitted to dispatch centers. If you are calling 9-1-1 from a landline in one of the cities in Figure 1, your call will be received directly by dispatchers at the San Mateo County Public Safety Communications Center(PSC). The information you provide will be entered into a CAD that police dispatchers and dispatchers for fire and medical emergency at the PSC can instantly see. If you are calling from a landline in one of the cities in Figure 2, a dispatcher in a local police department will answer your call. If the call involves medical emergency or fire, that call will be forwarded to the PSC and entered into the CAD system there. The dispatcher answering the call will see the address from which a landline call is made. What happens when you ca119-1-1 from a cell phone in San Mateo County? If you are calling from a cell phone, the CAD will determine the area from which you are calling, but not your specific location, so more information will be required from you. Also, if there are no cell towers to triangulate your call, your call will be automatically routed to the California Highway Patrol, and several minutes may pass until you are connected to the nearest dispatch center. Forty to 60 percent of calls are from cell phones. Fire and Medical dispatch There are 15 different fire departments or districts in San Mateo County Whether your call goes to the PSC directly as in Figure 1, or the call is forwarded from a police station per Figure 2, all 9-1-1 calls for fire and emergency medical services in the County are dispatched through a single operation, the PSC. When you connect with the PSC for fire or emergency medical, the PSC will dispatch an Advanced Life Support provider from the closest fire station and the closest ambulance to the scene regardless of what city or district those emergency vehicles are in. If you live in an urban area, emergency personnel from your fire department should arrive within 6 minutes and an ambulance (or transport vehicle, as ambulances are sometimes called) should arrive within 13 minutes of your call—unless the ambulance call is specifically cancelled. Of non-police calls, about 4 percent are for fire and over 60 percent are for medical help. Others are for lock-outs and other non-emergency requests. Police Dispatch There are 16 Police Departments, including the San Mateo County Sheriff, in San Mateo County. Thirteen of those departments (including the Sherif� maintain their own police dispatch. Two departments contract with other cities and one department contracts with the County for police dispatch. Five cities in the County do not have their own police departments; they contract with the Sheriff's Office for all police services including dispatch. This report focuses on police dispatch and the potential for consolidating police dispatch services. 2