Total calls taken in this year are 367,153, which includes our text-to-911, landline, cellphone, VOIP, and outgoing calls. 

Lexington County Communications operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and is responsible for receiving, processing and dispatching all emergency 911 calls, as well as non-emergency calls for service, from citizens living in and visiting Lexington County. 

Lexington County Communications is also responsible for dispatching and monitoring the safety of the following agencies:

• Airport Fire Department
• Animal Services
• Batesburg Fire Department
• Cayce Fire Department
• Chapin Police Department
• Columbia Metropolitan Airport Police Department
• Coroner’s Office
• Gaston Police Department
• Irmo Fire District
• Irmo Police Department
• Lexington County Emergency Medical Service
• Lexington County Fire Service
• Lexington Town Police Department
• Lexington County Sheriff’s Department
• Midlands Technical College (Airport Campus)
• Pelion Police Department
• Pine Ridge Police Department
• South Congaree Police Department
• Springdale Police Department
• Swansea Police Department
• West Columbia Fire Department

Lexington County Communications is also responsible for the afterhours receipt, processing and dispatching of calls for service for the following Lexington County Departments:

• Building Maintenance
• Building Security
• Fleet Services
• Public Works