National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: Thanking our Emergency Communications Staff

Описание: Each year, the second week in April is known as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, a time to recognize the nation's First first-responders in emergency communications.

On Saturday, April 13th, OEM's Emergency Management Liaison Officer Kate Hartigan was a guest on the Philadelphia Fire Department's radio program on WURD to give insight into what roles the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management's Regional Integration Center staff fulfill in city public safety.

The Office of Emergency Management's Regional Integration Center (RIC) is Philadelphia's 24/7 public safety watch command.

Year-round, RIC staff maintains situational awareness on weather events, incidents, and large events both in and away from the city that impacts the Philadelphia region.

The Regional Integration Center works closely with police and fire dispatchers during everyday emergencies and planned events. They assist OEM emergency field responders, help fulfill needed resources, inform city leadership and partners of developments to create a uniform response, and connect the public to official information through the city's free mass communication system, ReadyPhiladelphia.

Quick RIC facts:
Regional Integration Center program staff: 8
Incidents monitored (2023): 7,893
Incident contact groups maintained by the RIC, including severe weather, hazardous materials, and homeland security: 24
Situational awareness liaison agencies connected to the RIC: 255
Situational awareness reports sent to partners (2023): 6,495
ReadyPhiladelphia messages sent to public enrollees (2023): 186

Connect with the RIC and play a role in public safety! Sign up for free ReadyPhiladelphia alerts by texting READYPHILA to 888777 or customize email or text alerts for information important to you by visiting OEM's website, www.phila.gov/ready.