To Barton County, Yoder, Kansas is more than just a community known for its Amish population. Yoder hosts Barton County’s 911 Communications back-up center. If anything happens to the 911 building, phone lines, or takes the department down, Barton County 911 personnel drive to Yoder to access a back-up facility.
Barton County 911 Communications Director Dena Popp tells us the regional back-up center serves 19 counties, including Barton.
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Popp says Barton County has never been forced to use the back-up center in Yoder, but the county has sent dispatchers on behalf of Greensburg to the center when the 2007 tornado devastated the town.
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Four Barton County 911 Department employees attended Back-Up Center training in Yoder in August.