Durango/La Plata Emergency
Communications Center

	Emergency: 9-1-1 Non-emergency: (970) 385-2900

 

The public is urged to use the non-emergency number for all but true emergency situations.

The Durango/La Plata Emergency Communications Center provides twenty-four hour service to the public and user agencies by receiving and relaying information and coordinating communications between agencies by radio, telephone, and computer for both emergency and non-emergency situations.

When a 9-1-1 call comes into the Center, with its distinctive ring, everyone is made aware that someone is calling for immediate help. This call for help may be the only call that can literally save a life and may also involve four or five different agencies that need immediate dispatching.

The Durango/La Plata Emergency Communications Center dispatches for the following agencies:

Animal Control

Bayfield Marshall

Durango Fire and Rescue Authority

Durango Police Department

Fort Lewis College Police

Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District

La Plata County Sheriff

Upper Pine River Fire Protection District

 

Other service agencies the Center dispatches:

9R School District Plows	La Plata County Road and Bridge
Air Care Rescue Helicopter	Mounted Rangers
Alternative Horizons	Probation
Animal Control	Public Works/Streets and Plows
Bomb Expert Team	Rape Crisis Team
Coroner	Search and Rescue
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team	Southwest Mental Health
Detox	Swat Team, Sheriff's Office
Disaster Emergency Services	Tactical Team, Police Department
District Attorney	Towing Services
Durango/La Plata County Airport	Victim Services
Hilltop House	Youth Services

 

Service Demand

There were 18,648 9-1-1 calls answered in the Communications Center in 2007 compared to 16,036 in 2006. 94% of the calls were answered in less than 5 seconds. The average number of incidents handled per 24-hour day was 223.46.

2007 Incidents by Agency

Durango Police Dept 43.02%

La Plata Co. Sheriff 31.0%

Animal Control 8.10%

DFRA 4.73%

Bayfield Marshal 4.79%

Fort Lewis College 3.25%

Upper Pine Fire .83%

Parking .46%

Fort Lewis Mesa Fire .23%

Public Works .10%

OEM .04%

Unassigned Incidents (ATL's, REDDI's, Etc) 3.45%