The Catoosa County E-911 Communications Center is now accepting responses for its Logan’s Law database to identify those members of our community with special needs. The voluntary database allows Catoosa County E-911 personnel to alert law emergency responders that there are individuals in the home with special needs that could impede their ability to communicate with them. Signed into law in May 2021 by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Logan’s List was inspired by a Georgia teen with autism and other special needs.
“During an emergency, the safety of our responders as well as that of the general public is our primary concern,” says Catoosa County 911 / Emergency Management Director, Steven Quinn. “Through our Logan’s List database, responders will be made aware of those mental, physical, or neurological conditions before arriving on scene so they can respond appropriately.”
Registering your family members for this database would help responders by letting them know if someone in the home is non-verbal, how they best communicate, whether they are easily agitated, or whether sirens and flashing lights upset them. This information is essential to make sure those in public safety can best help those with special needs. The two-page form takes only a few minutes to complete and could help keep responders and citizens safe.
Catoosa County’s implementation of this program comes after months of research and identifying how the team would gather and disseminate that information to responders. Once a person has completed the necessary form, the data will be available in the Catoosa County Computer-Aided Dispatch system for telecommunicators, officers, and firefighters to see. The agency will keep a record of information in the database and encourages those providing this information to update it annually, or as their information changes.
To register for the Catoosa County E-911 Logan’s List database or for more information, visit their website, catoosa.com/departments/view-all-departments/911-emergency-management, email [email protected] , or call 706-935-2323.
