GENEVA COUNTY: Today was a regularly scheduled Geneva County Commission Meeting. On the agenda was appointment to the Geneva County 911 Board.
District One Geneva County Commissioner Weston Spivey had an appointment to the Geneva County 911 Board. Spivey has appointed Slocomb Councilman Don White to two terms on the Geneva County 911 Board. White is a former Police Chief for Slocomb and brought to the board law enforcement experience. Spivey praised Don White for his dedicated service and knowledge to the board.
The Geneva County 911 system dispatches for all law enforcement in Geneva County with the exception of Hartford Police. They dispatch for all fire and EMS throughout Geneva County, to include Hartford Fire – Rescue. The Geneva County 911 has certified dispatchers who are trained to give life saving instructions to those calling 911 while awaiting arrival of EMS.
All 911 calls are answered by Geneva County 911 for the entire 579 square miles of Geneva County. When someone calls 911 it is about a law enforcement issue, fire issue and EMS issue. The emergency responders are law enforcement, fire and EMS, along with utility companies.
The majority of the Geneva County 911 Board Members are current or retired law enforcement officers. All do a great job. D1 Geneva County Commissioner has felt for some time there needed to be some diversity on the 911 Board. The EMS and Fire had little to no representation on the board. So today, D1 Commissioner Weston Spivey, appointed Brandon Hovey, Operations Chief for Slocomb Fire – Rescue to represent District 1 – Geneva County on the 911 board.
Slocomb Fire – EMS Operations Chief Brandon Hovey brings decades of experience in the EMS and Fire service to the board. Serving with Slocomb Fire – Rescue, Fadette Volunteer Fire, and full time with Ft. Novosel Fire Department. Operations Chief Brandon Hovey’s dad, Kyle Hovey retired from Dothan Fire Department as a Captain and now serves as Slocomb Fire – EMS Chief. Brandon Hovey is very much involved in service to the eastside of Geneva County, District 1, in working to save lives and property.
Spivey said the Geneva County 911 Board has served the citizens of Geneva County with good representation. Spivey said in making the board more diversified with responders from others walks of life, other than primarily law enforcement, will help bring more enhanced services to save lives of the citizens and guests of Geneva County in emergencies.
Jeremy Williams is the Director of Geneva County 911. Williams and his staff do a good job in the daily operations of 911 service in Geneva County.
The Geneva County 911 Board Members serve free and volunteer their time to make the emergency system better. All 911 dispatchers are employees of the Geneva County 911 under the management of Director Jeremy Williams.
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Geneva County 911 now dispatches for Hartford Police Department. So all law enforcement, fire and EMS are dispatched by Geneva County 911.
Slocomb Operations Chief Brandon Hovey has 12 years in fire and EMS. But a lifetime of exposure to the fire and EMS. As stated above, his dad Kyle, a retired Captain with Dothan Fire Department. His mother, Emily in the nursing field. And his grandmother, Mrs. Bristow of Columbia, 31 years of volunteer paramedic with Columbia Fire – EMS. And Mrs. Bristow was the first female firefighter/paramedic with Dothan Fire Department. So he was birthed into the fire – EMS field.
