Dispatch
The Westerly Ambulance Corps has always operated an emergency communications center of some sort since it's establishment in 1917. Since then, the emergency dispatching needs of the Corps have grown rapidly over time. From members personally calling other responders at their homes in a chain like fashion when a need for an ambulance occurred, to Gloria Lussier dispatching from her home over tube operated GE radios, emergency calls have always been answered.
Today, the Corps uses a Zetron dispatching console along with other components such as Digitize fire alarm receivers, Teac recording systems, and computers allowing dispatchers to look up street locations, maps, coordinates of helicopter landing zones, building pre-plans, and fire hydrant locations.
All Enhanced 9-1-1 calls from Rhode Island are answered at the Rhode Island Enhanced 9-1-1 Uniform Telephone System statewide telecommunications public safety answering point in North Providence and are transferred to the dispatch center if the caller requests ambulance or fire from anywhere in our dispatch coverage area.
All Connecticut Enhanced 9-1-1 calls originating in the Pawcatuck Fire District are answered at the Stonington Police Dispatch Center and are transferred to the Corps' dispatch center for all ambulance and fire calls in that area.
A map showing the area which Westerly Dispatch covers