Where Have All the Dispatchers Gone?

"I anticipate that within 5 yrs of instituting this change, many dispatch centers will be unable to provide coverage or support fire management and will close or consolidate with other centers"

In April of this year the Bozeman Daily Chronicle announced that the local Federal dispatch center was closing due to staffing issues. I did a podcast on it and the response from the dispatch community was overwhelming. There were many reasons why that Montana location had staffing issues which I covered. It was a big blow to the local fire community an…