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Our Mission

“To serve the Christian County community, visitors, and public safety professionals with integrity and care by delivering innovative, technology-driven emergency communication services. We are committed to building trust, enhancing public safety, and ensuring every call for help is met with rapid, accurate, and compassionate response.”
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Our Core Values

Commitment

We honor our responsibility as the vital link between the public and our public safety partners.

Commitment means showing up with purpose; every call, every transmission, every decision. We dedicate ourselves to accuracy, professionalism, and unwavering focus, knowing that our actions directly impact the safety of our community and the responders who rely on us. We are committed to continuous improvement, adherence to policy, and maintaining the public’s trust through consistent, reliable service.

Compassion

We serve people at their most vulnerable moments. Compassion means listening with patience, responding without judgment, and treating every caller with dignity and respect.

We recognize the humanity behind every emergency and provide calm, unbiased support to callers and responders alike. Our empathy guides how we communicate, how we lead, and how we support one another within the center.

Empowerment

We empower our team through training, mentorship, accountability, and trust. Empowerment means equipping telecommunicators with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make critical decisions under pressure.

We encourage professional growth, innovation, and ownership of our actions. By empowering each other, we strengthen our ability to serve the public and support our partner agencies while striving for excellence.

Strength

We demonstrate strength through resilience, composure, and readiness. Strength means maintaining mental alertness, technical proficiency, and emotional stability in high‑stress situations.

We stand strong for our callers, our responders, and each other; adapting to challenges, overcoming adversity, and remaining steadfast in our mission. Our strength ensures continuity of service, even when circumstances are difficult or rapidly evolving.

Request for Proposals - Staffing, Salary, and Space Needs Assessment

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Christian County Emergency Services (“CCES”) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms (“Consultants”) to conduct a comprehensive staffing, salary and compensation, and space needs analysis and assessment for its administrative offices, emergency communications center, and emergency operations center.  The selected consultant will provide objective, data-driven findings and actionable recommendations to support current operations, long-range planning, recruitment and retention, compensation competitiveness, facility utilization, and future public safety service needs.

CCES is the sole Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”) and provides 24/7/365 emergency and non-emergency communication services for the entire county, including the cities and communities of Billings, Boaz, Chadwick, Clever, Fremont Hills, Garrison, Highlandville, Nixa, Ozark, Saddlebrooke, and Sparta.  The organization supports both 9-1-1 and administrative call-handling, primary dispatch services for seven law enforcement agencies and seven fire districts, with anticipation of emergency medical dispatch for the county’s ambulance district in 2030.  Moreover, the organization provides secondary or supplementary dispatch services for multiple local and state agencies from the current communications center located at 110 West Elm Street in Ozark, Missouri.  The administrative offices are located at a separate facility, 204 West Elm Street in Ozark.

Since consolidation in 2011, the county’s population has grown from approximately 78,600 to an estimated 97,400 in 2026, with increases in virtually all measurable metrics; incoming 911 and non-emergency calls, calls for service to police, fire, and EMS.  The organization seeks an independent assessment that aligns staffing levels, compensation structures, and physical space with operational demand, service expectations, employee wellness, technology needs, and anticipated growth.

 

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