Rutherford County Emergency Communications District (RCECD)

Calls placed to 911 are not processed using census data. In fact, more than 80% of 911 calls are placed from cellular phones and have no relationship to your census address records. Do not be alarmed that your census records will delay an emergency response to any 911 call placed.    

RCECD Board Chairman Lavergne Police Chief Mike Walker and RCECD Director Steve Smith recently spoke with John Hood on a recent episode of Murfreesboro Storytellers, courtesy of the City Of Murfreesboro’s CityTV.  

  Murfreesboro (WGNS) –  If Fluffy the cat climbs up a tree, should a child call 911, asked Rutherford County Sheriff’s telecommunicator Zach Kirsch. “No,” shouted a chorus of enthusiastic 1st grade students at Barfield Elementary School. “When Fluffy gets hungry, she’ll come down for tuna,” Kirsch joked as the children laughed. If a child […]

RCECD was honored to host the National Emergency Number Association‘s Center Manager Certification Program in late September. Presented by NENA in cooperation with the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB), NENA’s Center Manager Certification Program (CMCP) is designed to equip current, new, and potential PSAP and 9-1-1 Authority managers and supervisors with the tools needed to […]