Communications

The Greensville County E 9-1-1 Communications  Center is the public safety answering point (PSAP) for Greensville  County, Virginia which is 298 square miles and has a population of  11,525.  The call center answers all 9-1-1 calls for Greensville County  and dispatches the Greensville County Sheriff’s Office, two fire  departments, one rescue squad and one EMS first responder agency as  well as the Virginia Department of State Police, the Virginia Department  of Game and Inland Fisheries, and Animal Control.

The  Greensville County E 9-1-1 Communications Center coordinates with  bordering jurisdictions when emergency situations arise. For example,  the Emporia & Brunswick 9-1-1 Center entered into a Mutual Aid  Agreement to serve as the backup PSAP in the event that our Center is  unable to receive and process 9-1-1 calls.  New technology allows calls  to be routed from the Greensville County E 9-1-1 Center to either  9-1-1 Center in case of a power outage, system failure, or other unforeseen circumstance.

The Greensville County  E 9-1-1 Communications Center has eight full-time dispatchers.  Communications Officers work twelve hours per day. 

Communications Officers work rotating shifts. Day shift begins at  6:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m., and the evening shift begins at 6:00  p.m. and ends at 6:00 a.m. the following morning.

The  requirements for a Communications Officers are: a high school diploma  or GED, completion of a one week Basic Dispatch School, completion of  the VCIN/NCIC and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certifications.

The  Greensville County Sheriff’s Office utilizes that most state of the art  technology to ensure that we provide the highest level of service to  the citizens of Greensville County to include the following:

• Text Paging
• Rip & Runs
• Advanced Vehicle Locater (AVL)
• Next Generation 9-1-1 phone system
• Mobile Data Terminals (MDT)
• Text To 9-1-1