VIDEO: When the Milton Volunteer Fire department is alerted of an emergency, they use a program called โFirst Due.โ It is a system that gives important information when responding to calls. The Cabell County Commission approved funding to get an update to the system, which means departments will get real time updates from dispatchers when an emergency strikes. The fire department said they paid for the initial system, and the commission funding goes toward buying the upgrade. โSome information that we didnโt get in the initial call, thatโs going to help give us that information right then and there that we normally wouldnโt have; whether it be, they donโt have it, or whether it be the radio issues we may have,โ said Dale Martin with the Milton Volunteer Fire Department. Other departments in the county are implementing โFirst Dueโ as their reporting system and with commission funding, will be able to use this new โapplication programming interface.โ
