9-1-1 and non-emergency communications center
Deschutes County 9-1-1 Operations became a consolidated public safety dispatching agency in 1985, taking calls for police, fire, and medical service assistance for the 9-1-1 Service District in Deschutes County. 9-1-1 Operations dispatches for 14 police and fire/ems agencies and works closely with the U.S. Forest Service, Air Life, State Police and other State and Federal agencies. These calls are entered via a computerized dispatch system and units are sent to the incident.