Mountain Valley Emergency Communications Center (MVECC), a regional public safety answering point serving the communities of New Providence, Summit, and Millburn, New Jersey, announces the creation of a contract services agreement with Springfield Township, New Jersey to provide 9-1-1 services to all Springfield Township residents and businesses and emergency dispatching services for Springfield Fire Department and Springfield First Aid Squad.

On or about June 1, 2021, MVECC will begin answering all wireless and wireline 9-1-1 calls originating in Springfield Township. Through a contract services agreement, Springfield Township 9-1-1 calls for law enforcement assistance will be transferred directly to the Springfield Police Department, while calls for Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) assistance will be processed and dispatched by MVECC personnel.

“MVECC is proud to be partnering with Springfield Township to provide essential 9-1-1 and emergency

dispatching services to members of their community,” MVECC Executive Director D. Jeremy DeMar, MA,

CPE, ENP said. “As our public safety agencies already work together on a regular basis to support critical life saving and fire suppression efforts, having Springfield Township Fire and EMS resources dispatched by MVECC will only serve to improve the level of service residents receive, while enhancing the safety of first responders at an incident scene.”

Scott Seidel, Springfield Township Emergency Management Coordinator, said "We are pleased to finally be able to utilize Mountain Valley Communications for our Fire & EMS dispatch services. We have been working on this project to enhance the safety of our residents and first responders for over two years and are pleased it is finally happening."

Geographically situated in Northern New Jersey, Springfield Township has a population of approximately 18,000 residents. With the transition to MVECC, Springfield Fire Department and Springfield First Aid Squad become the tenth and eleventh public safety entities respectively to join the emergency communications center since its establishment in 2014.