Ocala Gazette Podcast — December 27, 2024 – January 2, 2025
Editor’s update: Months later we learned that the city still does not automatically share every call with the county despite their prior statements. https://www.ocalagazette.com/questions-remain-about-ocala-county-emergency-communications-improvements/
In this week’s episode, we examine how Marion County and City of Ocala deconsolidated fire/medical dispatch in 2019 and how they continue to use different computer aided dispatch (CAD) programs, likely impacting the effectiveness of response times in the city limits.
To read more reporting on this subject: https://www.ocalagazette.com/update-on-city-emergency-response-times-for-fire-medical/
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