Stoddard County 911 to break ground on new building next month

Daily Statesman

DEXTER, Mo. -- Stoddard County 911 Services will break ground on a new building next month, eight years after it started to collect money to put into a capital project fund.

The ground breaking will be at 2 p.m. March 6.

The new home for 911 Services will be right around the corner from the Stoddard County Ambulance station, where 911 Services currently rents space, at 512 Cooper St.

The Stoddard County Emergency Medical Service "is growing so fast that they are using everything they have within this office," administrator Bill Pippins Jr. said.

However, not the entire 911 Services department will be making the move.

"Dispatch will stay here, and that is why we wanted to build on these two lots on Cooper Street because it gives me easy access back here to the equipment," Pippins said. "If they have any problems, they page me and I come running in to take care of it. This keeps Stoddard County 911 Services and EMS with a close bond which we've had for all these years."

Pippins expects the building project, which will be approximately 3,500 square feet, to be completed in eight months.