Architects Design Group partnered with a local Portland, OR firm to design the new Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (WCCCA) Dispatch Center. The building includes administration, 911 communication operations, training, logistics, and support space. The communications area provides space for 21 dispatch positions and two supervisor positions. It also incorporates an upgrade of the emergency radio communications network, which voters approved in 2016.
The 26,633-SF building center fields police, fire, and medical calls for the county and provides dispatch service to twelve cities and five fire districts. The agency also handles calls from out-of-county cities within the Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue district. The building was designed to enhance operational adjacencies and is organized on a linear circulation corridor. Administration functions are at the front of the building. Communications, training, and staff functions are at the central portion of the building. Logistics offices, workstations, server rooms, and delivery areas are towards the rear of the facility.
As a mission-critical facility, the building is designed to be hardened with a central energy plant to provide continuity of operations. It is located on a 6-acre site with public and secured parking area. A covered trailer parking area, water storage tank, renewable energy source areas, and a communications tower are also on-site.
