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911 Emergency Information
The Meeker County 911 Communications Center is located in the Meeker County Law Enforcement Center at 326 North Ramsey Avenue, Litchfield, Minnesota 55355. The Meeker County Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) provides enhanced 911 services for a population of approximately 23,000 people.
Staff & New Services
The communications staff is comprised of 7 full-time and 3 part-time dispatchers that work closely with the county's 9 fire departments/ rescue squads,5 ambulance services, and 6 law enforcement agencies and neighboring PSAP's to provide a full range of emergency and nonemergency public safety services over a new statewide trunked radio network for Meeker County: Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER). The new radio network includes tower and radio sites in Litchfield, Grove City, Beckville, Eden Valley, Watkins, Kimball, Hector and Dassel, Minnesota.
The Meeker County Sheriff's Office is committed to providing the highest quality delivery of public safety communication services to the public. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office is working with the state and other partners in migrating to a new generation of 911 technology with some of this technology currently in delivery and development.
When You Call 911
When your 911 call is received, the phone numbers and address of the phone from which you are calling appears on the computer screen at the Meeker County Communications Center (except some cellular calls). Most, but not all, cellular companies are sending location information on wireless 911 calls. In all cases the dispatcher will verify your information and ask you questions about what you are reporting. The information is rapidly typed into a computer aided dispatch system and the appropriate responders are dispatched while you are on the phone with the dispatcher.
Staff & New Services
The communications staff is comprised of 7 full-time and 3 part-time dispatchers that work closely with the county's 9 fire departments/ rescue squads,5 ambulance services, and 6 law enforcement agencies and neighboring PSAP's to provide a full range of emergency and nonemergency public safety services over a new statewide trunked radio network for Meeker County: Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER). The new radio network includes tower and radio sites in Litchfield, Grove City, Beckville, Eden Valley, Watkins, Kimball, Hector and Dassel, Minnesota.
The Meeker County Sheriff's Office is committed to providing the highest quality delivery of public safety communication services to the public. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office is working with the state and other partners in migrating to a new generation of 911 technology with some of this technology currently in delivery and development.
When You Call 911
When your 911 call is received, the phone numbers and address of the phone from which you are calling appears on the computer screen at the Meeker County Communications Center (except some cellular calls). Most, but not all, cellular companies are sending location information on wireless 911 calls. In all cases the dispatcher will verify your information and ask you questions about what you are reporting. The information is rapidly typed into a computer aided dispatch system and the appropriate responders are dispatched while you are on the phone with the dispatcher.