911 service calls being moved

[Dearth]

Starting tomorrow all 911 calls in B.C. will be transitioned and handled by operators in Vancouver which have many northerners shaking their heads wondering why? I understand the need to centralize services but why Vancouver? A good many lower mainlanders do not understand just how far spread out we are in the north and in a lot of cases the closest emergency services are over an hour away and if the operator in Vancouver does not know that and sends the wrong station call....

[mark]

had issues in Alberta when setting up a response program for some of our remote sites. Different Fire Depts even recognized it and ended up giving backdoor numbers

[HaZRaTTy]

Still ''Have'' a book full of problems with Dispatch in alberta. They have flip flopped to cutting down the number of dispatch centers since April 2009.

It makes sense from a money, written on paper view point when you try to implement the dispatch center trying to dispatch from 600 km's away you run into a long list of problems.

[NU-2reef]

But isn't that why you live in a remote part of town? To be "away from it all"
Don't see why you are complaining. If it's an issue, move closer. Plus you will get more coral store options