Interesting Facts About Steuben County 9-1-1 Dispatchers

Well it goes without saying that it’s April 15^th tax day.  Also, this week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, when dispatchers are honored.  Did you know that there are in Steuben County, 44 Fire Departments?  Over a dozen law enforcement agencies?  And that the county 9-1-1 center gets between 90,000 and 100,000 calls a year from county residents?  That’s not counting residents from outside of Steuben County, who call while driving in Steuben County on 390, I-86 and many other roads.  Here’s just three of the major incidents from the last few years, handled by dispatchers at the 9-1-1 Center in Steuben County: The August 22^nd 2023 Roosevelt Avenue shooting incident in Bath, the February 22^nd downtown fire in Wayland, which spread from building to building, and the November 18^th 2019 massive fire in Hornell.      

Hammondsport Now Working To Win Restore NY $$$

They are having a special meeting in Hammondsport, the special meeting is about working to win the Restore New York money.  That’ll be on Tuesday April 30 at 6pm at Hammondsport Village Hall.  (It should be noted that Restore New York is a separate contest from the Downtown Revitalization Initative.)

 

Bridge Work Started Today Across Steuben County

Three bridge were closed down for work today, one in Riverside, on in Tuscarora and one in Cameron.  The bridge closing in Riverside is on Route 352, the Bridge closing in Tuscarora is on Stead School Road, the one in Cameron is on Cameron-North Jasper Road. 

 

Corning Inc: How We Helped At The Food Bank

Corning Incorporated says 100 of their employees recently worked in teams of ten, packing food at the Food Bank of the Southern Tier.  The Corning Inc workers packed 7,000 bags and the event they attended raised more than $50,000 to fight child food insecurity in our community.

 

GOP Assemblyman Phil Palmesano is promoting the organ donor cause.  Something he did, about 20 years ago, when he donated a kidney to his sister.   Below is an excerpt from a recent Palmesano column on this: 

"According to Donate Life New York, our state ranks 50th out of 52 states and territories in total organ donor enrollment. We have a 47% enrollment rate while the national average is 64%. As a state, we have the third-greatest need for organs but the third-worst enrollment rate.

"Nearly 8,000 New Yorkers are on the waiting list for a transplant, and 1,100 of those people have been waiting for more than five years. Tragically, in 2022, nearly 400 New Yorkers died while waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. We can, and must, do better!"