The Stanly 911 Center was updated and expanded in 1999, and has just undergone yet another total reconstruction completed in May of 2003.  Stanly County's 911 center has always been recognized as among the most up to date in the region with the very latest and best in technology.  For example, Stanly County already gets latitude and longitude of the location of cell phone calls to 9-1-1, while at this writing numerous other large cities don't.  You can view a Channel 14 news story about the rebuild, featuring the author by clicking HERE.

While designing the current training system for Stanly County 9-1-1 and taking an active part in actually training the new hires there, his teaching skills are also utilized by both Stanly Community College of Albemarle and Montgomery Community College of Troy where he has been employed as a part time instructor in Emergency Response. As a Red Cross Disaster Services Instructor Dave also trains other Red Cross volunteers to manage disaster situations for that agency and instructs all manner of health and safety courses.

He has received special training in Mass Casualty Incident Management with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 he volunteered for highly specialized training in Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Management with the North Carolina Emergency Management Agency making him one of a select few people from our county qualified in that field.  He is also trained in hostage/terrorist negotiator operations and a myriad of other specialties. 

Previously he has worked on United Way fund campaigns, served on the Stanly County Emergency Medical Dispatch Audit and Review Committee and has been the Western North Carolina District Vice-Chairman for the American National Red Cross.

Dave's private passions include golf.  But he doesn't call it that.  He calls it "hitting golf balls because I can't call it golf.  Arnold Palmer played golf.  I hit balls."  He also collects stamps, but not just any stamps as he focuses exclusively on stamps from the Bahamas.  He's a huge movie buff and collects movie posters old and new.  Dave's favorite actor is Christopher Lee and he is an active member of Mr. Lee's fan club, contributing occasionally to that site's content as a visit there anytime will prove.  In September of 2004 "The Brother Dave Show" which was heard every Saturday afternoon from 2:00 until 7:00 on Charlotte's Magic 96.1 FM wrapped up during year number thirteen and Dave's retired from commercial radio to focus on family, 9-1-1 and community service. 

When asked why he wrote this job information down he says, "So I could stop explaining to people about how to get a job at 9-1-1.  Now I just give them the website address.  It saves me at least an hour a week!  Also, I can update the web documents anytime new information becomes available.  I want people to have the very latest information and the Internet is the ideal way to do that."

The manual you are about to read was previously sold by direct mail through classified ads in several publications beginning in 1997.  It has undergone continuous revision ever since.