This is the 24-hour hub of the town. While everyone sleeps, this is the only place with the lights still on, ready to answer the call. Not only do we dispatch emergency personnel, but we also dispatch for the town electric, water, and sewer departments in an emergency, and the street department during snowy and icy weather.
We handle all the town's calls, questions, and problems after hours that many different places handle during the daytime.
One of the unique things about the town of Walkerton, is that we are surrounded by 3 other counties in any direction! Walkerton addresses extend throughout 4 counties. This puts in a position to give police, fire, and ambulance assistance to many other agencies nearby.
OUR department dispatches for 1 police department, 1 ambulance, and 2 fire departments. That may not seem like much compared to some places, but for a small town and having only one dispatcher on duty at a time, it can sometimes be like ordered choas! We have to monitor 10 radio frequencies at one time!