9-1-1 Emergency Communications District
WHAT IS THE FASTEST METHOD TO REQUEST EMERGENCY HELP IN TIPTON COUNTY?
DIAL 9-1-1 WHEN SECONDS COUNT!
911 PROVIDES RESPONSE FROM AMBULANCE SERVICE (EMS), FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT IS THE FASTEST WAY TO GET EMERGENCY HELP IN TIPTON COUNTY.
Important Documents and Information
Click here for a dispatcher application. Please send applications and inquiries to Tipton County 911, 220 Hwy 51 N Suite 4, Covington, TN, fax 475-4377 or tcecc@bellsouth.net
Click here for a 911 request form for tapes
Click here to fill out a Comment/Complaint Form
Click here for a list of Tipton County Roads as of 7/22/2009
Click here for the Tipton County Street Naming & Addressing Policy approved 8/17/2009
Tipton County 911 Street and Road Mapbooks are $15. Please visit our office to purchase a copy: Tipton County 911, 220 Hwy 51 N Suite 4, Covington, TN (Old Justice Complex)
Weather Alerts Links: National Weather Service Forecast Office, National Weather Service Enhanced Radar Image
Other Links: TENA 911, NENA 911, 911 Magazine, 911 Dispatch, 911 Broadcast, APCO Int.
Personnel are not always at the Fire Department, Police Department, or Ambulance Service. Emergency personnel respond when requested to incidents within Tipton County. When they respond, personnel are not always left to answer the telephone call placed directly to that agency. 911 personnel are always in contact with emergency personnel throughout Tipton County and are on duty 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
EVERY CALL RECEIVED BY 911 WILL BE HANDLED EFFICIENTLY AND COURTESOUSLY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICE YOU REQUEST.
There may be times that you are given instructions of who to contact if it is not an emergency, when the Ambulance Service, Fire Department, or Law Enforcement does not provide the type of service you request.
Click here for a quick guide to 911 including when to call 911 and when not to call 911
More information about us
PURPOSE
9-1-1 is a nationwide telephone number providing access to local emergency services. Tipton County 9-1-1 provides the citizens of Tipton County immediate access to all Law Enforcement, Fire Departments, and Emergency Medical Services. Tipton County Emergency Communications District provides Centralized Dispatch of these emergency services coordinating the response of all agencies to all emergencies inside the Cities, Towns, and County.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission for Tipton County Emergency Communications Center, a division of the Tipton County Emergency Communications District, is to provide prompt, efficient, all-inclusive emergency services to the best of our ability and to serve the public with fairness and professional conduct.
RESPONSIBILITY
The responsibility of the Tipton County Emergency Communications Center is to insure that emergency request made by the public and any agency is properly communicated to the authority authorized for the specific type emergency request that has been made.
ESTABLISHED
Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-86 establishes the Emergency Communications District as a legal public entity. Tipton County Emergency Communications District is a governmental agency authorized for the general welfare and safety of the citizens of Tipton County, Tennessee. Tipton County Emergency Communications District followed all applications as the law has outlined to form the Tipton County Emergency Communications District.
TIPTON COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT BOARD
Dale Burress; Bennie Carver; Ricky Fletcher; Jim Harger (Vice Chairman); Jeff Mason; Larry McKee; James Sneed (Chairman); Roy Warmath; Bill Whitehorn; Renee Downing, Director of 911 & Administration/Dispatch.
SCOPE
Tipton County Emergency Communications District personnel are to receive, process, and dispatch request for Atoka Fire Department, Atoka Police Department, Brighton Fire Department, Brighton Police Department, Charleston Fire Department, Covington Fire Department, Covington Police Department, Garland Fire Department, Giltedge Fire Department, Mason Fire Department, Mason Police Department, Munford Fire Department, Munford Police Department, Quito Fire Department, Three Star Fire Department, Tipton County Sheriff Department, and Baptist Hospital Ambulance Service.
NON-DISCRIMINATION
Tipton County Emergency Communications District is committed to Equal Employment and will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, or disability.
Contact
220 Highway 51 North, Suite 4
Covington, Tennessee 38019
Telephone: 901-476-0252
Facsimile: 901-475-4377
Email: tcecc@bellsouth.net
Request an Address: 901-476-0252
Dispatch Office Non Emergency Calls: 901-475-4300
