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The Huron Expositor • August 26, 200? . Page 3L.
Ratepayers asked for information to prepare for Prism 911
Susan H u n d e r i m• r k their citizens. Everbody in Huron
County needs to do this, even if they
As the Huron East municipal tax live in a multi -unit complex. Busi-
bill is sent out this week, all resi- nesses need to do it too," says David
dents of the municipality are being Lew, manager of Huron County's
asked to confirm their addresses emergency medical services.
and 911 information to ensure a new Lew says he's looking for both
Prism 911 system works when it is land lines and cell phones to ensure
launched'this November. they're notified during an . emergen-
Ratepayers can either fill out the cY•
form in their tax bills or go online'to Lew says the system is expected
confirm their names, addresses and to provide cost savings for munici-
phone numbers so that when local palities during boil water advisories,
emergencies happen, Huron Coun- which currently cost thousands of
ty's Prism 911 system can keep them dollars when municipal employees.
informed. are sent out to go door-to-door with
The new $85,000 telephone notifi- the advisories.
cation system helps police, fire de- "I talked to Bluewater and they
partments and municipalities notify told me it took them two full days to
theublic about emergencies such inform 600-700 residents about a boil
as boil water advisories, missing water advisory and that cost them
persons, natural disasters, chemical $6,000. We can do the whole thing
spills, crime prevention and alerts in an hour since the system can call
and dangerous animal alerts.
1,920 residents in an hour and that
"We're.doing verification on proper- would cost $100," says Lew.
ties and phone numbers for the 911 Lew says information is already
trickling and we've sent out a form in from municipalities who
to every municipality to send out to sent out their tax bills as early as
licence after
Mitchellyouth loses
driving60 over speed limit
A 16 -year-old Mitchell youth who The officer stopped the vehicle and
was driving 60 km/h over the 80 the driver lost his licence as he was
km/h speed limit,lost his licence and charged with racing.
his mother's veicle for seven days, The car, registered to his mother,
after he was stopped on Hydro Line was towed and impounded for seven
Road in Huron East. days under the Street Racing Legis -
An officer patrolling the road on lation.
Aug. 20 around 7 p.m. activated his The young driver . is scheduled to
radar when he saw a westbound ve- appear in Goderich Provincial Court
hicle approaching at a high rate of on Oct. 1.
speed.
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"On Aug. 18, North Huron called
and advised us they already had 15
forms submitted so people are re-
sponding," he .says.
Lew says both the hardware and
software are in place and the county
has conducted one successful test
with 15 names of county employees.
Currently, the Huron County infor-
mation is being verified with avail-
able 911 data, a process that Lew
says is helping ensure the 911 sys-
tem has all the correct information
as well.
"Once the system is rolled out in
November, we can be sure there'll be
some emergencies that will also test
the system. A broken water line or
an OPP emergency would be .able to
do that," says Lew.
The form can be submitted on line
at www.huroncounty.ca/prism or re-
turned to PRISM911, Huron County
EMS, 1 Court House Square, Goder-
• ich, ON, N7A 1M2, email PRISM911@
huroncounty.ca or fax 519-524-5147.,
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