GP 911 Communications Center Fielded 1,159 Emergency Calls over Past Week
The Grants Pass 9-1-1 Communications Center dispatched eight local agencies to numerous emergency calls over the past week.
According to the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center's weekly post on Facebook, dispatchers fielded a total of 1,159 calls between August 15th and August 21st.
The vast majority of the calls were directed to the Grants Pass Police Department with 914, followed by American Medical Response with 293 and Grants Pass Fire & Rescue with 92. Rural Metro Fire Department received 54 calls, while the Illinois Valley Fire District received 27, the Oregon Department of Forestry received 18, Williams Fire & Rescue received 10 and Wolf Creek Fire got one.
Dispatchers received a total of 469 internal phone calls and they made a total of 528 outbound calls.
On August 16th, local dispatchers received multiple calls regarding a structure on fire in Kerby. The fire was quickly upgraded to a second alarm structure fire with extension to the wildland. The fire burned two acres including outbuildings, an RV and multiple Connex boxes. There were no injuries reported.
During the time dispatchers were handling this rapidly evolving incident, they also received 35 other calls for emergency service.
Posted on 8/24/24 6:27AM by Sam Marsh
