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South Central Connecticut Regional Emergency Communications System

!BREAKING NEWS!  !BREAKING NEWS!  !BREAKING NEWS!
 
CMED New Haven Executive Director John Gustafson has accepted a position with the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.  He will be taking on duties for the newly created position of Emergency Telecommunications Manager for the department.  John was the second employee ever hired by CMED at its inception and served as the Center's Supervisor and later Executive Director for 31 years.  He will begin his new duties with the State on October 10, 2008.
 

proudly serving the cities and towns of:
 
Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven, and Woodbridge

The CMED System is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  Established in 1977 as the result of a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve the quality of Emergency Medical Services Communications and to support the establishment of Paramedic Level Service in the Greater New Haven area.  Since its establishment, the agency has been directly responsible for or had a significant impact on the development of the second to none pre-hospital emergency care system that is enjoyed by the residents and visitors to the Greater New Haven area.  

send correspondence to:
 
CMED New Haven
P.O. Box 475
New Haven, CT 06510
 
(203) 499-5600
 

CMED New Haven is organized under Connecticut General Statutes as a Inter-Local Government Compact Agreement.  CMED is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the Mayors and First Selectman of the Cities and Towns that it serves.  Funding is provided by the member communities based on a population usage formula and supplemental funding is received from the State of Connecticut Enhanced 911 Fund.  CMED Emergency Telecommunicators are represented by the Communication Workers of America Local 1103, AFL-CIO.

(c) 2008, South Central Connecticut Regional Emergency Communications System