When you dial 9-1-1 from South Jordan you will be talking to dispatchers at the Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center or "VECC" for short. These dispatchers respond to your call for help and dispatch the needed firefighters and police officers. These same dispatchers can also send out emergency notifications to you and the community. If you see "(615) 369-5784" on your Caller ID you should answer the phone because that will be VECC calling with important information.
To send those emergency messages, VECC uses a 9-1-1 database for home and business phone numbers obtained from Qwest. Unfortunately, if your phone service uses the Internet to make your connection, such as Comcast cable, or you use a cellular phone as your home phone number, you could be missed.
In order to keep that from happening, visit the VECC website and register your phone numbers. Simply follow
this link. You will be asked to create a login and password in order to protect your information. You can complete this free registration in just a few minutes. This will make sure you don't miss future emergency notifications.
Dustin Lewis
South Jordan Emergency Management
Directions for Entering Your Cell Phone/VoIP into DCC Emergency Notification System (ENS) Database
