To provide the citizens of Henderson County with an efficient method of accessing emergency 9-1-1 services and to support this service through proper training for dispatch and communications personnel.


On November 3, 1987, the voters passed a proposition creating the Henderson County 9-1-1 Communication District. The proposition also allowed for an emergency service fee of six percent of the Sprint (now Embarq) base rate to be charged to fund the District. The District came into being on December 16, 1987 after the Board of Managers formally adopted the Order declaring the creation of the District. We are currently enabled by the Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 771. As of September 1, 1997, by state law, all wireless telephone subscribers in Texas pay a flat rate of fifty cents per month.

The purpose of the 9-1-1 system is to deliver emergency telephone calls to the public safety answering points in Henderson County. The three Public Safety Answering Points in Henderson County are:

Kim Ward - Executive Director - email Pat Ebel – GIS/Addressing/Database Coordinator - email

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