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Director: John Wilson
Deputy Director: Kim Dickerson
Number of Employees: 
367 full time
(Adopted FY09-10)
Annual Budget:
$45,309,103
(Adopted FY09-10)
Phone: 239-533-3911
FAX:
239-485-2626
Physical Address:
14752 Six Mile Cypress, Fort Myers, FL 33912
Mailing Address: PO Box 398, Fort Myers, FL 33902

 

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 Lee County Division of Public Safety

Lee County’s Public Safety division is comprised of several programs with functions designed to assist residents, visitors and local government agencies.

9-1-1 PROGRAM responsible for maintaining a county-wide fully enhanced emergency telephone number system

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM responsible for planning and response to large scale emergency and disasters

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROGRAM responsible for providing advanced life support pre-hospital emergency and primary health care utilizing both ground and air ambulance support

TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM encompassing a county-wide emergency radio system and dispatch center that handles requests for fire, emergency medical and emergency management assistance as well as various county departments after hours

Additionally, this division furnishes fire protection services to dependent fire districts, administers an 800 MHz communications system for Lee County government operations and local municipalities, and administers the distribution of fire and EMS impact fee monies to independent fire districts and EMS agencies.