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Caswell County weighs replacing 911 generator and separating utilities from old detention center
Summary
911 director told commissioners the county must relocate power, panels and water service off an unused detention center to bring the 911 facility up to code; NC 9‑1‑1 will fund most equipment and labor, but the county faces a $38,000–$43,000 share and long equipment lead times (generator ~24 weeks, transfer switch ~37 weeks).
The county's 9-1-1 director told the Board of Commissioners the Caswell County 911 center remains dependent on electrical, water and backup power routed through an unused detention center and is not up to code.
Kenneth Everett said the breaker failure at the detention facility last December led to an outage at the dispatch center and prompted the proposed infrastructure correction: relocate the main electrical service and install an external panel and dedicated Duke Energy service, install a new water…
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