Public Safety Dispatcher (Entry)

Fairfield, CA
Solano County Sheriff's Office

Salary: $30.57 – $37.15 Hourly.

Position Summary:

Solano County invites you to apply for a challenging, fast paced, rewarding career as a Public Safety Dispatcher (Entry). In this position you learn to receive, evaluate and relay requests for law enforcement, emergency and other services to the appropriate personnel. This position is characterized by the responsibility to learn to dispatch law enforcement and emergency service personnel and to call for mutual aid assistance. Incumbents learn to operate equipment contained in a public safety dispatch console, which includes multi-line telephones, TTY (teletype), TDD (telephone for deaf and disabled), pagers, radios and computer-aided dispatch equipment; techniques of acquiring essential information from emergency calls and prioritizing requests for assistance; law enforcement terminology and public safety dispatch procedures.

Essential Functions:

  • Dispatches law enforcement and emergency fire and/or medical services to respond to requests for services; receives and evaluates requests for service; monitors, receives and refers calls to a variety of other agencies such as California Department of Fish and Game, California Highway Patrol, city police departments, County Animal Control, Coroner, air and ground ambulances and the County Transportation Department; monitors availability of personnel and resources.
  • Answers multi-line phones and responds to emergency and non-emergency calls; enters calls and other information into computer system; monitors radio communications.
  • Monitors sheriff and fire unit location and status; maintains radio communications with field personnel; requests additional assistance from County and/or other agency personnel to respond to emergency situations as needed.
  • Operates phone, TTY (teletype), TDD (telephone for deaf and disabled), pagers, radios and computer-aided dispatch equipment; automated record-keeping systems; codes and procedures; maintains backup tapes on Dictaphone tape machines.
  • Maintains records of incoming service requests and responding actions; prepares reports of shift activity and briefs incoming shifts; monitors availability of personnel and response equipment; updates County map books; prepares citizen vacation watch requests; receives County burn status reports and coordinates burn activities with current burn status.

Requirements:

  • Experience: No experience is required.
  • Education/Training: Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Certificate: A net keyboard typing speed of 40 words per minute (WPM) is required. (For candidates without a certification a typing test will be provided).