Emergency Operations Center

It's something everyone takes for granted. In an emergency, you can pick up the phone, dial 911, and be confident that competent help is on the way.And while that is the way emergency communications in Carroll generally works, engineers and county emergency officials say growth in population and sophisticated technology is making the current system obsolete.When the system was installed in the 1960s, interference was the main problem. In the 1990s, interference is compounded by outdated equipment, channel congestion, limited coverage area and the inability of one emergency service to speak directly to another.