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The Ellis County Dispatch Center is back up a running after flooding from a sprinkler head activation caused significant damage to equipment.
On Monday, Aug. 2 at about 5 p.m. workers soldering on the dispatch center’s HVAC accidentally set off a fire suppression system sprinkler, spraying water on dispatch equipment and flooding a portion of rooms housing equipment belonging to the county, the City of Hays and Nex-Tech.
Ellis County Administrator Darin Myers said staff was quickly able to roll the phone calls over to the Hays Fire Department and 911 phone calls were transferred to the Pratt County…