The Marion Area Multi-Agency Emergency Telecommunication Center (METCOM) is located in Woodburn, Oregon. It provides emergency dispatching services to 36 communities located within Marion County and portions of Linn and Clackamas County. METCOM provides emergency call taking and dispatch services to seven law enforcement agencies, 17 fire districts, two private ambulance districts, Marion County Public Works, Bureau of Land Management, and the US Forest Service for Willamette National and Siuslaw National Forest. Marion County is the fifth-most populous county within the state of Oregon with more than 315,000 residents over 1,194 square miles. METCOM also provides dispatching services for more than 4,500 square miles of dense forest land. In keeping this population safe, METCOM

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