Saddened by Loss of Board Member

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Putnam 911 is saddened by the loss of board member Richard Milligan. Richard, better known to his friends as "Dickie", passed away on April 21, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Milligan was a great Christian man and a long time supporter of 911. He was appointed to the board in 1988 and was one of the board's charter members. He also served as the Fire Chief for Monterey City and had been with the fire department for 58 years.

He will be greatly missed.

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New 911 Center Construction Begins

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Construction has begun on Putnam County's new Emergency Services   Building which will house 911, Fire, Rescue and EMS. The new facility is being constructed at 699 S. Willow Ave and completion is expected in the summer of 2009.

 

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Mobile 911 Comes to Putnam County

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The Upper Cumberland Homeland Security Region has developed two "Mobile 911" trailers that will be deployed in the case of a PSAP failure in the 15 Upper cumberland Counties. One of the trailers is stationed in Putnam County and the other one in Overton County. The trailers were paid for by a Federal Homeland Security Grant. They are equipped with everything needed to operate a mobile PSAP, including 911, CAD, GIS mapping, satellite data links and wireless phones and data.

 

Putnam County has developed a new Emergency Notification System to notify you of disasters, hazardous weather or emergency situations that affect the lives and property of our citizens. The system includes "Reverse 911" and also breaks into all AM, FM radio and cable TV channels. To read more about the system   Click Here

 

We have compiled most of the county subdivision plats recorded since 1991. The house numbers have already been assigned to most lots and are available in Adobe Acrobat files to be downloaded or printed. To search by name of plat Click Here.

Putnam County has a new GIS Mapping system. A GIS Council made up of the 911 Director, Putnam Property Assessor and Cookeville Codes Director oversee GIS operations and make sure data is kept up to date. To see screen shots of our new GIS system and read about our new software Click Here.

We have created a Master Street Address Guide that can be used to search and verify if an address actually exists or to verify city and zip code for mailing. The database contains all physical addresses in Putnam County. This can be very helpful when trying to determine if an address is actually in Putnam County. Click Here to go to the MSAG page.

Several wireless carriers have already deployed Putnam County with Phase II location technology. This allows us to verify where the cell phone call is actually coming from. To check out which carriers are phase II and how the technology works Click Here.

911 in Putnam County is operated by the Emergency Communications District Board. To see who serves on the board along with pictures and biographical on each member Click Here.