Linda Zerwin

Executive Director for the Emergency Telephone System Board of DuPage County

Role
Executive Director & 9-1-1 System Coordinator at DuPage County
Location
Wheaton, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Linda Zerwin

The Emergency Telephone System Board of DuPage [\"DuPage ETSB\"] is an emergency telephone system board established pursuant to Section 15.4 of the Local Government Emergency Telephone System Act, 50 ILCS 750/15.4. This Board supports the 911 infrastructure for DuPage County, a community of almost a million people. As such it has an appointed governing board consisting of 12 members. The ETS Board consists of: Three DuPage County Board members [one of whom is Chairman of the ETS board], two DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference members [one of whom is the Vice Chairman of the ETS Board], one DuPage County Fire Chief\'s Association member, one DuPage Chief of Police Association member, DuPage County Sheriffs Office representative, DuPage Public Safety Communications [DU-COMM] representative, one Addison Consolidated Dispatch representative [ACDC], one Emergency Services representative, and a DuPage County Citizen representative. DuPage ESTB has oversight of the Enhanced 9-1-1 systems for citizens of the County of DuPage and portions of Cook, Kane and Will counties, excluding Aurora and Naperville. Enhanced 9-1-1 systems are a critical and valued state-of-the-art tool for the expeditious response of public safety to citizen requests for emergency service. DuPage ETSB has a head count of 8 full time employees providing administrative and technical services for Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and other 911 infrastructure software systems for approximately 3500 users for 62 police and fire agencies that are dispatched by ACDC and DU-COMM. It should be noted that DuPage ESTB is funded by 9-1-1 surcharge money collected from wireless and wire-line telephones of $1.50 per month per device. SMART911 - DuPage ETSB offers this free service to enhance delivery of 9-1-1 services for all citizens. In addition, this service can be beneficial for those citizens utilizing the Illinois Premise Alert Program. Visit the website and register today. The site is secure and private and your information is only accessed when you dial 9-1-1. Help public safety assist you better and more quickly in an emergency.

Experience

  1. Executive Director & 9-1-1 System Coordinator

    DuPage County

    Jan 2009 — Present · Wheaton, IL, US

Education

  • Aurora University

    MBA

    1998 — 2002

  • FBI National Academy

    Certification

    2001 — 2001

Skills

  • Police
  • Preparedness
  • Counterterrorism
  • Crisis Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Nims
  • Local Government
  • Policy
  • Criminal Justice
  • Cpr Certified
  • Fire Protection
  • Customer Service
  • Leadership
  • Enforcement
  • Microsoft Word
  • Surveillance
  • Strategic Planning
  • Firefighting
  • Private Investigations
  • Security Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Emergency Services
  • Fire Management
  • Training
  • Public Safety
  • Physical Security
  • Program Management
  • Incident Command
  • Non-Profits
  • Emergency Management
  • Public Speaking
  • Change Management
  • Homeland Security
  • Security
  • Supervisory Skills
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Government
  • Nonprofits
  • Firearms

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