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BOZEMAN, Mont. – The growing and highly visited Gallatin Valley over the past four years has created a significant increase in call volume prompting new upgrades and a search for more voices on the other end of an emergency call.
The Gallatin County 911 Dispatch Center released its first annual report showing 160,492 total emergency and non-emergency calls last year and a more than 21% increase in call volume from 2018.
Gallatin County 911 Director Tim Martindale said the 23-law enforcement and fire/EMS agencies throughout the county they dispatch out will get a big boost from a new radio system signal they have been testing out down in Dallas, Texas, to start being implemented in May…
