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Communication Center

Funding

  • User Agencies
  • $.50/month Local Switched Access Lines & Wireless County Tax
  • $.20/month Local Switched Access & Wireless State Tax

Services

  • E911 (Enhanced 911) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for All 911 Calls Placed in Lewis County
  • Consolidated Dispatch Center for All Police, Fire & Emergency Medical Aid Calls in Lewis County
  • Handle Calls for:
    • 10 Law Enforcement Agencies (Including the Sheriff’s Office)
    • 20 Fire Departments
    • 1 Private Ambulance Company
    • Other Agencies Whose Traffic is Monitored at the Center

Staff

  • 21 employees who have earned their Telecommunicator I and II State Certification. Employees will be trained in Emergency Medical Dispatch by the end of 2000 to better serve the citizens and medical aid responders of Lewis County.
  • Accepting applications for telecommunicators. Call (360) 740-1464 for an application or download a copy from the Human Resources page on this website.

In 2002, the Center Dispatched over 53,000 calls. These included:

  • 7,667 Fire and Aid calls
  • 25,042 Law related calls for Centralia and Chehalis Police Departments
  • 19,607 Law related calls for the Sheriff's Office and 7 smaller municipal police departments in Lewis County