Luzerne County is 891 square miles and located in the heart of Northeast Pennsylvania. It has a population of approximately 317,000 people. Luzerne County is unique in its accessibility with interstates 80, 81, 84, 380 and 476, the Pennsylvania turnpike northeast extention, crossing through the region. Coupled with its 2-hour accessibility to metropolitan NewYork City and Philadelphia, the County's 911 operations must address both urban and rural aspects of public safety.

Some 911 Facts...

Luzerne County 911 went online with enhanced 9-1-1 on June 17th of 1998. Since then the County 911 system has been adding and upgrading, modifying and growing. Working toward wireless 911 services, better communications, streamlined operations and new technologies. This has been our goal since inception.

Luzerne County 911 processes over 1200 calls every day. Calls from any one of 76 municipalities are processed through a single PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) and the 911 center is responsible for dispatching Police, Fire and EMS agencies for the entire County. There are currently over 240 agencies.

Luzerne County 911 became part of the Luzerne County Department of Public Safety in 2006. This move ensured that the residents of Luzerne County would benefit from shared resources, manpower, and equipment by utilizing Luzerne County 911, EMA and Security as one body.

Welcome to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

 

 
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