Vigo County 911 Dispatch updates system to include coronavirus questions

Vigo County 911 Dispatch updates system to include coronavirus questions

Losses" from last week.

"health officials" are "not" reporting any corona-viru cases in the wabash valley.

But "vigo county 9-1-1 dispatchers" are still "on standby".

They will soon begin using a tool to help "1st responders" "if" someone might have "the corona-virus".

"the department" uses a system called "cad" which was recently updated.

It now includes questions "about the corona-virus".

This information..

Helps "1st responders" prepare for arriving on the scene.

/////// /////// "let the dispatchers know if you've been out of the country, or a member of your family has been out of the country or someone close to you or under the same roof has been out of the country, so that way we can start taking precautions before we get there."

/////// "the county medical director"..

Must sign-off on the tool before it's put to use.

And that should happen "in