A study conducted by management consultant KPMG suggests consolidating police and fire dispatch services to improve efficiency. The study advises Sault Fire Services to transfer the responsibility of answering phone calls reporting fires to Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. Additionally, KPMG recommends that Sault police consider providing dispatch services to smaller municipalities to receive additional funding.
A study aimed at finding ways to share services between city hall and city police is recommending consolidating police and fire dispatch services . Prepared by management consultant KPMG, the study advises Sault Fire Services to stop answering phone calls from people reporting fires, transferring that responsibility to Sault Ste.
Marie Police Service. In a report prepared for next week's city council meeting, Tom Vair, the city's chief administrative officer, says police and city officials have determined the local central ambulance communications centre is not a suitable partner to support police dispatch. But after any consolidation of police and fire dispatch services, KPMG is suggesting Sault police consider providing dispatch services to smaller municipalities to receive additional funding for a limited increase in workload. This idea would also increase effectiveness of the smaller municipalities’ dispatch services, the consultant says.The consultant is also recommending some other "opportunities" be explored: Vair says city staff agree with the KPMG recommendations regarding finance and human resources functions, and are "actively investigating a possible merger of dispatch operations.
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