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County are getting faster response times to alarm activations — and at no additional cost.

The Volusia Sheriff’s Office Communications Center is speeding up response time and freeing up more dispatchers to answer 911 calls with a new, automated system that responds to burglar, fire and medical alarms instantly, with no phone call required.

In its first full month, implementation of the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) system already resulted in about 1,200 fewer calls to VSO dispatchers, who handle every 911 and nonemergency call for every law-enforcement, fire and EMS service in Volusia County…