Schools across Allen County and the state of Ohio practiced tornado preparedness Wednesday.
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Allen County has completed a major upgrade to its 9-1-1 system.
The Allen County Emergency Management Agency hosted a training exercise to test their response during a simulated emergency.
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“Now, with GPS and phones being a lot more accurate, it'll give us a lot more accurate location of that phone call, which will either give a better representation of where that call came from to first responders, but it also helps route that to the proper public safety answering point, be it Allen County Sheriff's Office or the Lima Police Department,” said Jared Gesler, Allen County EMA director and 9-1-1 coordinator.
Allen County is preparing to implement Next Generation 9-1-1, a statewide upgrade aimed at speeding up emergency response times and giving dispatchers more accurate caller information.
Allen County swears in their new EMA and Homeland Security Director
Allen County commissioners accepted current director Tom Berger's resignation as he is moving on to a position at the State of Ohio's Homeland Security. They then appointed deputy director Jared Gesler as the interim director.