In southwest Colorado, part of the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District is in a dead zone. No cell coverage. No internet access. Even the radio goes quiet. It's also where the district abuts wildland and national forest.
Under a dispatch consolidation proposal by the Rocky Mountain Coordinating Group, the Durango and Montrose Interagency Dispatch Centers could be closed down.
Colorado has six interagency dispatch cent.
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