REDMOND, OR -- Redmond officials, along with the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Oregon Department of Forestry celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center at Roberts Field, Monday afternoon.

Officials announced plans for the Redmond facility December. 

Click Photo to Enlarge: (L-R) Alex Robertson, COFMS Fire & Aviation Staff Officer; Jeff Kitchens, Field Manager-Prineville BLM; Travis Medema, Oregon Department of Forestry’s Eastern Oregon Area Director; Stacey Forson, Forest Supervisor-Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland; Redmond City Councilor Joe Centanni; City Councilor Anne Graham; Maurice Evans, Manager-Redmond Air Center; John Allen, Forest Supervisor-Deschutes National Forest; Redmond Mayor George Endicott; Zachary Bass, Manager-Redmond Airport; Samuel Griffin, Owner-Griffin Construction, LLC.