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Picture the chaos of the Payson dispatch center fielding a flood of calls during an emergency.
The desks, each with an array of five or more computer screens, face each other in a room barely big enough to hold it all.
“When the calls come in, they’re bouncing stuff off of each other hot and heavy,” said Payson Police Chief Ron Tischer.
While one person remains on the line with those reporting the accident, another will have a helicopter on standby. Others will contact the police or fire department or ADOT to control the traffic…
