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Proposal recommends consolidation from six dispatch centers to three in Colorado

Under a dispatch consolidation proposal by the Rocky Mountain Coordinating Group, the Durango and Montrose Interagency Dispatch Centers could be closed down.

Colorado has six interagency dispatch centers, which coordinate wildfire response and other emergencies.

To improve efficiencies, the coordinating group released a recommendation Oct. 27 to reduce the centers from six to three, keeping locations in Grand Junction and Fort Collins, and building a new one in Colorado Springs…