Case Study

CENCOM 9-1-1 Prepares for the “Big One”

CENCOM 9-1-1 Prepares for the “Big One”

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Emergency Dispatch Case Study On February 28th, 2001, a major earthquake registering a 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the Puget Sound area of Washington State. The quake’s epicenter was just 30 miles southwest of Seattle and 35 miles underground, which fortunately meant that much of the energy radiated outward, instead of up. Still, the quake was powerful enough to crack the dome of the state capitol building in Olympia and send the brick

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