Emergency communications facility opens in Ford County

City and county officials opened the doors to the new Ford County Emergency Communications on Friday.

The new location at 1506 W. Comanche Street, is the new home to the Ford County Communications 911 dispatch center and Ford County Emergency Department.

The previous location for the Ford County departments were held at the Government Center at 100 Gunsmoke Street and has been a three-year process in moving to the new site.

“This has been a tremendous amount of work,” said Ford County Communications director Elliot Linke. “There have been a lot of people involved. Every person in this room has had some sort of involvement with what we’re doing here.

“This is a prime example of the city and county working together.”