Department or Agency Detail

Public Safety Communications

Details
	Description	The county's 9-1-1 Center, known as the Department of Public Safety Communications or DPSC, is a nationally recognized public safety communications center, one of the 50 largest in the United States and the largest in Virginia. It is the agency responsible for receiving all 9-1-1 emergency calls in Fairfax County and dispatching units of the Fairfax County Police Department and Fire Department and is the Public Safety Answering Point for all 9-1-1 calls dialed in Fairfax County, including the towns of Herndon and Vienna, and the City of Fairfax. DPSC receives and handles approximately 2 million calls per year.
	Public Web:	http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/911

Phone Numbers
	Primary Phone #:	703-280-0527	TTY:	711

Programs & Services


Public Safety Communications

NOTE: Any e-mail or other correspondence sent to a member of the Board of Supervisors, or any other public official and/or employee of Fairfax County in the transaction of public business is considered a public record, and such records are subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This means that Virginia law generally requires the County to provide a copy of any such e-mail, upon request, for inspection and copying to any citizen of the Commonwealth or to any member of the news media.