VALLEY CITY, N.D. (Barnes County Dispatch) – The Barnes County Dispatch Center is celebrating the National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week honors the thousands of men and women who respond to emergency
calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render life-saving assistance to the world’s citizens.

Barnes County Dispatch serves 13 Fire Departments, 7 Quick Response Units, 1 Ambulance Service, 2 Law Enforcement Agencies, and answers 911 calls for the entire county. Barnes County Dispatch created an estimated 20,000 calls for service in 2022 for their respective agencies.

Barnes County Dispatch answered over 3,200 911 Emergency calls and over 41,000 non- emergency phone calls in 2022. Currently, Barnes County Dispatch has 7 full-time dispatchers, 4 part-time dispatchers and is looking to add 3 more full time dispatchers to their department.

This year, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has recognized National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and honored North Dakota Telecommunicators by releasing an official proclamation.

“Governor Burgum has declared April 9-15, 2022, Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in North Dakota. A digital copy of the proclamation is available on the Governor’s Office website here: https://www.governor.nd.gov/proclamations.”

Barnes County Dispatch’s’ mission is “to provide excellent customer service through 9-1-1 and emergency communications to the citizens and visitors to Barnes County and the cities therein for immediate and direct access to Fire, Police, and Medical Services.”

Barnes County Dispatch considers it an honor and privilege to continue to serve the Barnes County area and its communities.