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 Seaside 9-1-1 serves all of south Clatsop County and east up Highway 26 to Saddle Mountain. If you live in Hamlet, Arch Cape, Cannon Beach, Seaside, Gearhart and the south end of Warrenton (both cities and rural), we will answer your phone call. We dispatch calls for police and fire. We relay your medical calls to Medix Ambulance Service.
Seaside’s Communications Center began radio dispatching for Seaside and Gearhart Fire Departments in the 1950’s. We were the first to radio dispatch for a fire department in Clatsop County. In 1972, Seaside was the second city in the state to acquire 9-1-1.
We acquired our current transmit site atop Tillamook Head in 1988. The site provided better radio communications to our outlying areas.
Seaside, as all of the State of Oregon, has Enhanced 9-1-1. Wire 9-1-1 calls display the phone address and call back number. Our technology, as yet, will not display locations for cellular 9-1-1 calls.
Our 2005/2006 Operating Budget was $644,682.00. 9-1-1 revenue amounts to
26.87% of the operating costs. The difference is paid by our user agencies.
Staffing consists of a Communications Manager and
6.5 full-time positions. We utilize records staff, who are cross-trained and certified to augment communications as necessary. This staffing level allows for primarily one dispatch on duty, and two dispatchers on night shift during the weekends. Our dispatchers also serve as receptionist for our agency.
Last year (2006) dispatchers responded to:
Fire Calls
1,443
Police Calls
9,884
Non-Emergency Calls
49,020
9-1-1 Calls
7,330
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