The following info was taken from the Cleveland Natl Forest website on 3 March 2000.

Welcome To The Cleveland National Forest's Monte Vista Interagency Communications Center

The Monte Vista Interagency Communications Center (MVICC), is the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) for the Cleveland National Forest. MVICC is a 24-hour all risk communication and coordination center that supports the Fire, Medical Aid, Law Enforcement, and Resource management and protection needs of the U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other cooperating agencies within San Diego, Orange, and Riverside Counties of California. MVICC works with Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service to provide support for large incidents requiring either state or national mobilization of emergency resources.

On Wednesday January 13th ?1999, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the United States Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest held a dedication of the new interagency dispatch facility. The new state of the art facility, houses all the dispatch personnel and equipment for both agencies. The construction on the new facility began in August of 1997 and was completed in August of 1998.

Agencies Serviced by the Facility - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, United States Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Deer Springs Fire Protection District, Valley Center Fire Protection District, Ramona Fire Protection District, San Diego Rural Fire Protection District, Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District, Sycuan Fire Protection District, Barona Fire Protection District, San Pasqual Reservation Fire Protection District, Pala Fire Protection District, Reservation Fire Protection District.

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