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BACKGROUND
Prior to
1991, the City of Longview owned, operated and managed a communications
center, housed in the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice, for the purpose of
receiving and transmitting emergency and other information by radio,
telephone and other means. As this communications center developed, it
became more widely used, more emergency agencies became participants in
the center, and its means of communication became more sophisticated and
modern. In 1991, the ownership, operation and management of the
Communications Center transferred to and became an agency and department
of Cowlitz County, Washington.
Since
1991, Cowlitz County has owned, operated and maintained said
communications center for the purpose of serving the needs of the
general public as well as fire, police, medical emergency and other
governmental services throughout the geographic area of the county, and
beyond. This center is designed to receive information by telephone,
radio, and computer (electronic) and to transmit information by the same
means. The service rendered by this center is of great value to the
general public, enabling a single "9-1-1" call to be made for
any perceived emergency need from any location throughout the area of
the county. This service is also of importance to all emergency and
governmental agencies, enabling them to receive prompt notification of
emergency situations; details regarding the nature of such situations;
the locations and the quickest routes to such locations; and to provide
for the dispatch of appropriate emergency or police response agencies
and personnel in the most efficient manner.
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