ROCKLAND — Put public safety chiefs in a room together with a critical problem to solve, such as the demise of the county emergency dispatch center, and they won’t leave until a viable action plan is in place.
That was the case Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 9, as Knox County fire and police chiefs, along with EMS directors and county staff, assembled in person and via Zoom for swiftly convened meeting of the Knox Regional Communications Center Executive Board to address the lack of manpower at Knox Regional Communications Center (KRCC) in Rockland.
The topic was again addressed Aug. 10, when the Knox County Budget Committee and the County Commissioners met for a regularly scheduled quarterly budget meeting.
The agenda for that meeting had been hastily amended to include a conversation a crisis at Knox RCC. And, Aug. 10, Robert Coombs, a supervisor at Knox RCC, told the commissioners and others that the call center would have to temporarily close, and alternative emergency communications plan implemented.
That news was met with frustration and concern about the weakened state of Knox County’s emergency response network.
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