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The men and women of the Santa Barbara Police Department are pleased to announce the opening of the newly designed Combined Communications Center. The Combined Communications Center is a 24-hour Public Safety facility that is located near the Santa Barbara Police Department. The Communications Center staff answers all emergency 9-1-1 calls, dispatches Police, Fire, and Ambulance personnel/equipment, and provides Emergency Medical Dispatching (EMD) for emergency situations throughout the city. This temporary facility was established to meet current seismic hazard requirements. The current Santa Barbara Police Station facility may not meet the necessary needs of a 9-1-1 center in the event of an earthquake; this move is to ensure that all emergency services will continue without interruption following a disaster.

This $2 million project was built using previously earmarked funds from the now defunct Redevelopment Agency as well as the State of California’s 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Branch. Construction of the facility was managed by the City of Santa Barbara Public Works Department.

In addition to the Combined Communications Center, during this project office space was renovated for the City of Santa Barbara Environmental Services Division at the Granada Garage. The new office space extends Environmental Services’ commitment to a paperless workplace. The new facility reduces the overall footprint for administrative needs while continuing to educate the public about the most current trends in resource management.

On November 13, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. a brief ceremony to commemorate the opening of the Combined Communications Center will be held at the Granada Garage located at 1221 Anacapa Street. Due to security interests, this event is only open to media personnel with valid press credentials. Video and photography of the Combined Communications Center will be permitted, however, we ask that the location of access points not be revealed and that the location of the facility is only described in general terms as being in the vicinity of the Granada Garage.