What We Know: Webster County 911 is taking steps to make sure emergency calls can still be answered when severe weather strikes.
What It Means: The dispatch center is accepting bids for a new storm shelter to protect employees during tornadoes.
Director Dan McMillan says the current building wouldn’t survive a direct hit, and the basement isn’t suitable for dispatchers.
What’s Next: The shelter is expected to cost between 10 and 13-thousand dollars.
McMillan says dispatchers could also use a new mobile dispatch van if the center loses phone service.
Bids are due Friday, October 16th, with hopes of completing the shelter by the end of the year.
(Photo provided by Webster County 911 Facebook page)