Tampa Police-Fire Comm Center

Tampa Police-Fire Comm Center
6/16/04

The Tampa (Fla.) police and fire departments operate separate dispatch operations in the same 17,000 square-foot building on the north side of town. The center features one large room with low and high partitions, with offices along a hallway to one side of the dispatch floor.

entrance to the building	training room, with windows to the dispatch floor	typical fire dispatch console
fire dispatch console	looking from the fire dispatch area over the partition to the police area	fire dispatcher
three fire screens, with EMD cards on the console	police dispatch area, supervisors' area to far left, radio dispatchers along far wall	police calltaker
police calltaker, with radio dispatchers in far pods	police calltakers, and offices in background	police calltaker
police supervisors pod	police pods with one radio dispatcher and one non- emergency calltaker	office just off the dispatch floor