Consolidated 911 dispatch showing benefits

Joint county, city operation speeding up response.

  • Tom Brazil, Columbia County’s 911 director, stands outside the Combined Communications Center on Tuesday. The county and City of Lake City consolidated their emergency dispatch last week. There have been no major issues so far, Brazil said. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    Tom Brazil, Columbia County’s 911 director, stands outside the Combined Communications Center on Tuesday. The county and City of Lake City consolidated their emergency dispatch last week. There have been no major issues so far, Brazil said. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    A years-long effort to combine dispatch between Lake City and Columbia County is finally a reality. The benefits are already being seen by those working the new system. Tom Brazil, the co...

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