Washington County Emergency Communications District E9-1-1

Sunday
February 05,2012

The Washington County Emergency Communications District has supplied Enhanced 9-1-1 and public safety dispatch services to the 120,000+ residents of Washington County (including the incorporated areas of Johnson City and Jonesborough) since November 1988. Washington County is located in Northeast Tennessee, approximately 30 miles from Virgina and North Carolina. Washington County Emergency Communications District is a consolidated Public Safety Answering Point(PSAP) and Dispatch Center. We are responsible for answering all 9-1-1 calls in Washington County, and dispatching the Johnson City Police Department, Johnson City Fire Department, Washington County Sheriff's Department, Johnson City/Washington County EMS, Volunteer Fire Departments, and First Responder Agencies.

The Washington County Emergency Communications District has supplied Enhanced 9-1-1 and public safety dispatch services to the 120,000+ residents of Washington County (including the incorporated areas of Johnson City and Jonesborough) since November 1988. Washington County is located in Northeast Tennessee, approximately 30 miles from Virgina and North Carolina.

Washington County Emergency Communications District is a consolidated Public Safety Answering Point(PSAP) and Dispatch Center. We are responsible for answering all 9-1-1 calls in Washington County, and dispatching the Johnson City Police Department, Johnson City Fire Department, Washington County Sheriff's Department, Johnson City/Washington County EMS, Volunteer Fire Departments, and First Responder Agencies.

A message from the Director

Hello

The dispatchers at Washington County 9-1-1 took 212,341 9-1-1 and administrative calls for 2011. This is slightly down from 2010, but neverless each call is important to us. I would like to commend the job our employees do - day in and day out. On the average we take about 400 9-1-1 calls a day and wireless calls continue to dominate with over 68 percent of our 9-1-1 calls being from a wireless device. Come back often as we are working hard to keep up with new technology and will have new and updated equipment in place this year.