The Adams County Communication Center Authority answers 911, dispatches police, fire and EMS for eight member agencies, and serves more than 500,000 people.
To become the premier public-safety communications center in the State of Colorado.
Every number here is someone on the other end of the line. As Adams County grows, so does the demand on the people who answer.
911 calls are emergency calls answered. All calls include the non-emergency and administrative lines. Source: ADCOM call data, rounded to the nearest thousand.
ADCOM exists so that police, fire and EMS agencies across Adams County can share one state-of-the-art dispatch center instead of each building their own.
Established as a police and fire/EMS dispatch center for Adams County, with state-of-the-art phone, radio and mobile communications equipment.
Participating agencies shared capital and operating costs in proportion to their use of the system. Smaller agencies gained a modern radio system, current technology and the capacity to handle large-scale incidents without the cost of a single-agency center.
Over the years some agencies consolidated and others departed. For more than a decade ADCOM has dispatched for the same eight police and fire agencies in the county.
ADCOM was reorganized as a governmental authority. The non-profit designation carried on in the newly created ADCOM Foundation.
Adams County has grown enormously in the past ten years, and the demand on the center has grown with it: roughly half a million calls handled and more than 300,000 calls for service dispatched in a year.
Each year ADCOM prepares a budget covering all of the coming year's expenses. Two sources pay for it.
Every member agency pays a share of capital and operating costs in proportion to its use of the system. It is the same collaborative model the center was founded on in 1974.
A surcharge on phone bills, collected by the Adams County E-911 Emergency Telephone Authority and distributed to ADCOM.
A Board of Directors is responsible for the oversight and accountability of the Authority. Each member agency seats one representative, usually its chief, and the Board meets regularly to review the operation of the center.
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The Adams County Communication Center Authority, also known as ADCOM, is a full-service public safety communications center that answers 911 calls and dispatches police, fire and EMS services. Formed as a non-profit entity in 1974, ADCOM was created with the express purpose of providing high-quality public safety communications services to its member agencies and the public. In 2019, ADCOM was reorganized as a governmental authority but kept the non-profit designation for its newly created ADCOM Foundation.
Over the years, ADCOM has provided dispatch services to a number of public safety agencies. Some agencies consolidated, while others departed for various reasons. For more than a decade we have provided dispatch services to the eight public safety agencies within Adams County listed above.
Adams County has seen tremendous growth over the past ten years, and ADCOM currently serves a population of over 500,000. As the population of Adams County continues to grow, so do the demands on our public safety communications center.
ADCOM is hiring the people who stay calm on the worst day of someone else's life. Board meetings are open to the public.