Roswell 911 Dispatcher Joins Florence Emergency Relief Efforts

ROSWELL, GA — Several emergency communication officers on Monday departed for North Carolina to help provide dispatching relief to their counterparts in areas hit hard by Hurricane Florence.

The Georgia Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce sent a team of eight to Sampson County, North Carolina, in responses to a request from the Emergency Management Assistance Compact request.

The team from Georgia will relief staff in the North Carolina county by providing call-taking and dispatching operations. Members of the team include:

• Mandy Ptak, Baldwin County E-911
• Lauren Stallings, Cherokee County E-911
• Jessica Austin-Hashimoto, Cherokee County E-911
• Stephanie Jones, Roswell Police Department E-911
• Savannah Roberts, Paulding County E-911
• Eve Cogsdell, Paulding County E-911
• Kailey Gould, Habersham County E-911
• Elizabeth "Beth" Alewine, Habersham County E-911

The team is expected to return on Sunday, Sept. 23. For more information about Georgia TERT, visit its website, Facebook page or Twitter feed.

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