0420L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK & INFO FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MGMT-4/15/2020

1-FREEZE WARNING in effect until 9 am this morning. After this, enjoy a warmup this afternoon and into Thursday afternoon where highs will be in the mid-60s or so. Another cold front will push in later on Thursday bringing temps back down a little along with some rain chances over the weekend. APRIL is transition month as spring and winter are still fighting with each other along with summer sticking its nose in every so often. We’ll see what happens.

2- Here is your forecast from the NWS/NORMAN;

Today-Sunny & warmer with highs in the mid-60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight-Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s with south winds 10 to 15 mph.

DIRECTORS COMMENTS- National Public Safety Telecommunication’s Week

Our dispatchers in the 911 center, Sheriff’s office and OHP are among the toughest folks in Public Safety. Most of the time you see stories about firefighters, police officers, troopers, etc. but behind the scenes are responders that you rarely hear about. These are the folks that take your 911 call, dispatch the call, wait for us to arrive on scene, and hope everything will be ok, all the while hearing the screaming, the panic, the cries for help, and they have to hold it together while emergency services responders arrive on scene. Personally, it takes a VERY SPECIAL person to do this and you have to have nerves of steel, a lot of times, just because.

Dispatchers have the same issues as responders sometimes after an event that eats into your emotions and that has to be dealt with as it is with responders. Sometimes a little thank you and praise over the radio is helpful to bring that stress back down. Dispatchers are tough people, doing a tough job, and they get little recognition. They aren’t looking for it either so if you see or know someone that is a dispatcher, tell them THANK YOU, we appreciate what you do. DISPATCH is the HUB of Operations every single day and always know, all of us especially in emergency services appreciate what all of you do.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

MIKE