The City of Puyallup’s communications center exceeded national standards for 9-1-1 call answering times last year.
For 2012, dispatchers answered 9-1-1 calls within the first 10 seconds 94.47 percent of the time, exceeding the national standard of 90 percent.
Also in 2012, dispatchers answered 99.85 percent of 9-1-1 calls within 20 seconds, exceeding the national standard of 95 percent.
The communications center answered 47,623 emergency calls last year.
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