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The Fairfax county Public Safety Communications Center is looking for applicants interested in a rewarding career as a 9-1-1-call taker and fire and police dispatcher. Interested candidates should be decisive, patient, flexible, adaptable to change, and customer service oriented. Formal training both classroom and on-the-job is provided to candidates who successfully pass the written entrance exam, polygraph, and background investigation.
The Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center is the largest Public Safety Center (140 employees) in Virginia and among the largest combined (police, fire, and rescue) public safety communications centers in the nation. Fairfax County is a large (900,000) suburban community in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The Center is ergonomically designed, E 9-1-1 equipped, and uses advanced radio and CAD technology with mobile data terminals in all response vehicles.
Salaries range from about 28,000 (entry level with no experience) to $50,000 (veteran communicator) for non supervisory positions when roll call and 12 hour shift schedule adjustments are included. There is also ample opportunity to earn overtime pay once training is completed. Applicants with prior public safety communications experience may be eligible for a higher entry-level salary depending on qualifications. Career opportunities exist with the acquisition of skills and through promotion to supervisory andmanagement positions. The County offers a generous benefit package including 10 * days of paid holidays, annual, sick and compensatory leave, retirement, deferred compensation, and health insurance.
Interested candidates should call Mr. Calvin Stevens at 703-280-0643. Or email: [email protected]
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see http://www.henney.com or http://henney.com/chm or something like that - ?Nov 2000 article about the new FD TRS with TG chart
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Fairfax County Fire UHF Transmitters are as follows:
Fire Ch 1 � WNVT-TV Tower at Merrifield Route 29 and Beltway
Fire Ch2 � Massey Building at Fairfax City
Fire Ch3 � Tysons Corner DoD Tower Rte 127 at Rte 7
Fire Ch4 � Massey Building
Fire Ch5 � Beacon Hill Water Tank Rte 1 / Beacon Hill Rd
Fire Ch6 � Great Falls at Maderia School
Backup Fire Ch1 at Massey Bldg
460Mhz freqs
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Per the [email protected] list in Jan01, public access to the new TRS will be provided by analog TGs on the FD side and 4 conventional ?800Mhz freqs on the PD side. Radios will not be made available to the media or public as previously anticipated. (28Jan01)
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Created - 30Nov00
Updated - 28Jan01 - Fd xmit sites + Openness + cleaned up cc post
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