The Old Faithful geyser is known as one of the most predictable geographical features on Earth, erupting almost every 91 minutes.
The Old Faithful geyser is known as one of the most predictable geographical features on Earth, erupting almost every 91 minutes.
Sometimes just being reliable makes you a star. Old Faithful is a champ at being on time and bringing in crowds to see its spectacular beauty and majesty.

At McClain County 9-1-1, we look for the same kinds of reliability in the service we provide to our county. To provide an even more reliable class of service, McClain County 9-1-1 has recently installed redundant high-speed Internet links in the Communications Center in Purcell. The primary link is a 6 Mbps connection, and the secondary link is a 3 Mbps connection. This will enable vital communications, such as remote monitoring of the system, lookup of license plate and warrant information, and on-demand auxillary mapping.

The additional Internet link represents only the latest effort by McClain County 9-1-1 to provide a more stable and reliable system. Already in place are redundant power backup systems, fallback servers, and a total of 6 incoming 9-1-1 trunk lines that can “fail over” to one another.

In addition, each calltaking computer workstation has a backup telephone in the event of the failure of all primary computer systems.

Our staff is constantly looking for additional ways to bring reliability and stability to our county 9-1-1 system, so that anyone calling, whether it is via a landline telephone, mobile phone, or even a computer-based phone, can be assured that someone will be able to send help quickly.

Redundant Links Set Up