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“Where is your emergency?”

Mission Statement

To Identify, Dispatch and Support Emergency response agencies calls for service

The Emergency Communications Center (CECC) uses the national dialing code 911. The Center and service dispatch and coordinate emergency response agencies: law enforcement, fire, first responders, and ambulance service. Our system is an Enhanced 911 (E-911) system which provides additional caller in address and telephone number.

Services

• Handling of all County 911 and other emergency calls.
• Dispatching of Shawnee County Sheriff, Topeka and three rural police departments, Topeka and seven rural fire departments as well as park rangers.
• Educating area children on 911 system and emergency responses
• Coordination of emergency communications during disasters or other critical situations.
• Initiation of Telephone/radio warning systems during tornado warnings
• Maintenance of paging systems for all emergency personnel

The Communications center handles over 100,000 calls to 911 every year.

Each year the Communications Center dispatches approximately ¼ million calls for all emergency response agencies.