NORTH COMM
North County Dispatch JPA
Commonly referred to as North Comm, North County Dispatch JPA provides fire and medical emergency dispatch services to most city fire departments in North San Diego County and private security dispatch to the Rancho Santa Fe Patrol.
These services include answering 911 emergency and business phone calls, providing Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) instructions, assigning and monitoring field units via Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), and mobile technical support for our member agencies.
For more information about our agency, visit our About Us page.
OUR MISSION
OUR
VISION
Serving San Diego’s North County Region
WE SERVE
YOUR AREA
9-1-1
Call if You Can, Text if You Can’t
- You’re deaf, hard of hearing, non-verbal, or have difficulty speaking
- You’re in a situation where it’s not safe to call 9-1-1 for help
- You’re having a medical emergency and cannot speak on the phone
OUR CORE VALUES
North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority, or North Comm, provides fire and medical emergency dispatch services to most city fire departments in North San Diego County and private security dispatch to the Rancho Santa Fe Patrol. These services include answering emergency and business phone calls, Emergency Medical Dispatch (see below), assigning and managing field units via Computer-Aided Dispatch, and mobile technical support. For more specifics on public interaction with the communications center, see Frequently Asked Questions.
NATURAL
DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS
By planning and practicing what to do if an earthquake strikes, you and your family can learn to react correctly and automatically when the shaking begins. During an earthquake, most deaths and injuries are caused by collapsing building materials and heavy falling objects such as bookcases, cabinets and heating units. Learn the safe spots in each room of your home.
REGIONAL CAD PROJECT (RCIP)
The scope of the Regional Computer-Aided Dispatch Interoperability Project (RCIP) is to provide collaborative development and implementation of interoperable communications among public safety agencies throughout San Diego County.
The RCIP enables collaboration, situational awareness and timely distribution of critical incident information by providing a method for emergency services CAD systems to manage and share data and resources during response incidents that affect the region.
ALERT SAN DIEGO
The County of San Diego, in partnership with Twenty First Century Communications, Inc., has instituted a regional notification system that will be able to send telephone notifications to residents and businesses within San Diego County impacted by an emergency or disaster. This system, called AlertSanDiego, can be used by emergency response personnel to notify residents and businesses at risk with information on the event and actions to take.
Visit Ready San Diego to sign up for AlertSanDiego.
VHF REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
North County Dispatch JPA intends to award the RFP for the VHF Regional Infrastructure Project to Commline Inc. The VHF Regional Infrastructure Project strengthens interoperable communications capabilities within the San Diego region by providing back-up radio communications for regional fire agencies. Since May 2017, the JPA has accepted a total of $2.2 million in UASI grant funds.
Learn more about the VHF Regional Infrastructure Project here.
NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
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