HUNTINGTON ÃÛ·èÖ±²¥” The Cabell County Commission voted to approve funds to integrate Cabell County 911ÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™s CAD software with the county fire departmentsÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™ reporting software.
The commission approved $9,090 in County Fire Protection funds for the purchase of an application programming interface that will interface with county fire departments reporting software and 911ÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™s computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system.
The First Due reporting software will give county fire departments live scene information, automatic updates from 911 and automatically put in information for reports.
The new system will also allow the fire departments to track every responding unit in real time and track how far they are out. The system will populate the time for the fire department and make reporting more efficient.
Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Andrew Frazier and Everett Chapman, chief of the Milton Volunteer Fire Department, spoke during the last regular commission meeting to request money for the interface for the county fire departments.
Barboursville is in the final phases of switching to the system. Milton, Culloden and Green Valley are also switching to the program, they said.
The new CAD system went live around the beginning of 2025. Barboursville and Milton VFDs switched to the new system because the previous one was bought out by a company that did not meet the departmentsÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™ needs.
The resolution notes that the Cabell County VFDs will not have access to CCERC-911 CAD to make changes and adds that any county fire department adding reporting software in the future will use this same software that will be compatible with this interface.
In other business, the commission approved David Matics as assistant director of Cabell County Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS). Matics is coming from HealthNet Aeromedical Services where he was a flight paramedic and a simulation education coordinator.
CCEMS Director Veronica Swope said she admires MaticsÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™ long-term willingness to always want to better himself and his passion for teaching and learning.
Matics was a paramedic of Kanawha County Ambulance Authority for 16 years and received his masterÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™s degree in Adult Technical Education and Curriculum Design.
ÃÛ·èÖ±²¥œIÃÛ·èÖ±²¥™m very excited for him to join our team,ÃÛ·èÖ±²¥ Swope said.
Swope said she looks forward to working with Matics and making big advancements at CCEMS in the future.
The commission also approved to put out an advertisement for demolition at 102 Cyrus Creek Road, Barboursville, and 4 Woodrum Lane. This is in pursuit of the demolition of the two voluntary consents the county has received through its unsafe building commission, said Chad Nelson, county planning and permits administrator.
The county advertised for asbestos abatement for the structures earlier this month; however, no bids were received as of Thursday, and the asbestos abatement will be added in the demolition bids, he said.
A mandatory meeting for bidders will be 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4.
The commission approved additional hotel motel tax distribution funding of $10,000 for the Huntington High State Wrestling Tournament (WVSSAC).
