COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ARE HONORING
THEIR DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR.THE
RURAL FIRE COUNCIL PRESENTED
ZACH
SLATTERY WITH THE AWARD AT THEIR
MONTHLY MEETING.CHIEFS SAY
THE AWARD IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH AND RECOGNIZE
DISPATCHERS.WHO THEY OFTEN KNOW
ONLY AS VOICES ON THE RADIO, BUT
WHO
GIVE FIRST RESPONDERS THE
INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE THEY
NEED.THEY SAY SLATTERY STANDS
OUT FOR HOW HE INTERACTS WITH
THE CHIEFS, AND ANTICIPATES HOW
HE CAN HELP THEM.###




{”THERE'S ALL SORTS OF US OUT IN
RURAL FIRE WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO
HE
WORKS REALLY, REALLY WELL WITH
US.”}{“IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO
GET IT, KNOWING THAT IT COMES
FROM THE
CHIEFS FOR THE RURAL FIRE
DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH,
JUST KNOWING THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT DO RECOGNIZE
US.”}[***JULIE***]THIS IS THE
SECOND YEAR
IN A ROW THAT SLATTERY HAS BEEN
NAMED DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR.###
