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Hurricane Isaias exposes flaws in Santa Rosa’s 911 infrastructure

| Collin Bestor

Hurricane Isaias knocked out both generators at Santa Rosa County’s Emergency Operations Center as it made landfall Oct. 9, forcing the county to relocate 911 dispatchers mid-storm, said County Administrator Brad Baker at a Board of County Commissioners meeting on Oct. 20.

The Santa Rosa County Emergency Operations Center in Milton, seen here in the hours before Hurricane Isaias’ landfall, had generator issues after landfall. Now the county is pushing to get a dedicated 911 center.

 

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