Sarah Trafton is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media the Greene County computer-aided dispatch system is now able to communicate with similar systems outside the county. The system went live in October 2019, and will be connected to Ulster County’s system on July 14, Greene County EMS Deputy Director Randy Ormerod said. The county is also looking into the possibility of connecting with Dutchess County within the year, as well. “It’s mind-blowing technology,” he said. Partnering with Dutchess will be particularly helpful because many calls from Kaaterskill Falls meant for Greene County get inadvertently sent to Dutchess County, Ormerod said. “We are the first ones in New York state to have two different systems talking to each other,” he said. “If we have a call that comes to us that is meant for Ulster County, within seconds it will be sent to Ulster. It will be the first of its nature within New York state.” The Greene County system operates on the CAD system funded by a state grant through the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. In April 2019, Greene County received an excellence award from Tyler Technologies, the software company behind the system, for its innovative and heroic use of the system, using it to locate a lost hiker before the system went live. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.