City Manager: ‘Emergency dispatch backup plan worked, but it’s not optimal’ (KS)

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Comm Center News

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Emergency management employees for the city of Hays and Ellis County are reviewing the possibility of installing a permanent 911 emergency dispatch backup system in the basement of the county's fire/EMS building. Accidental flooding from a fire sprinker head Aug. 2 forced temporary implementation of the backup system in the Hays Fire Dept. (Photos courtesy city of Hays) 
Emergency management employees for the city of Hays and Ellis County are reviewing the possibility of installing a permanent 911 emergency dispatch backup system in the basement of the county’s fire/EMS building. Accidental flooding from a fire sprinker head Aug. 2 forced temporary implementation of the backup system in the Hays Fire Dept. (Photos courtesy city of Hays) 

Emergency management staff for the city of Hays and Ellis County are looking at a different solution to the current backup plan for when the countywide emergency dispatch system goes down, which happened earlier this month.

The Aug. 2 accidental activation of a fire suppression sprinkler head in the Ellis County emergency communications center by a contractor soldering on the HVAC system caused more than $80,000 in water damage to computer and phone equipment…