About Us

Athens County 9-1-1 Center and What We Do

The Athens County 9-1-1 Center serves as the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for Athens County. Established in 1996 and upgraded to a new facility in 2025, the Communications Center is responsible for dispatching calls for service and coordinating responses from the appropriate agencies. The 9-1-1 Center dispatches for six law enforcement agencies, Athens County EMS, five emergency medical service stations, and 14 fire departments throughout Athens County.

Telecommunicators work in 8-hour shifts, covering days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Each shift is supervised by an emergency dispatcher in charge, and the center maintains a minimum mandatory staffing level, typically involving three to four dispatchers.

All dispatchers at the Athens County 9-1-1 Center are trained in Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD). EMDs are equipped to ask a series of questions that help prioritize each call and relay essential information to responders. Additionally, our Emergency Dispatchers provide life-saving pre-arrival medical instructions, assisting callers until emergency medical services arrive. Telecommunicators are truly first responders in our community.

Athens County Emergency Communications operates as an independent agency governed by the Athens County Board of Commissioners.

The following agencies are dispatched by Athens County 9-1-1