Along the Chesapeake Bay at the Southern end of Maryland's Eastern Shore is Somerset County. Somerset is bounded on three sides by water. It has an area of three hundred thirty-two square land miles and forty-six square water miles, with a population of over 26,000. Its county seat, Princess Anne, is the base of the Department of Emergency Services which operates and maintains 911 and Emergency Ma
nagement, "Somerset Central," serving as the county Public Answering Point. Somerset Central is currently staffed by a total of 18 employees which consists of a Director, an Assistant Director, Emergency Planner, 2 Supervisors, 12 full time dispatchers and 1 part time dispatcher. We answer an average of 50 911 calls per day. We serve 8 fire companies, 2 EMS companies and 3 Police Agencies.