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Commissioners approve MOU to test Navy 911 routing and regional call handling
Summary
St. Mary's County approved an MOU Aug. 6 to participate in testing the Navy's 911 routing and management service, a move intended to let base telephones place 911 calls that will be routed through cloud‑based systems to the proper dispatch center.
St. Mary's County commissioners on Aug. 6 authorized the county Department of Emergency Services and Technology to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Naval District Washington (NDW) to participate in Phase 1 testing of the Navy's 911 Routing and Management Service (RMS).
The Navy is transitioning from base‑specific 10‑digit emergency numbers to an enterprise system that will allow uniform 911 dialing from base telephones and cloud‑based call routing to regional dispatch centers. "What we…
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