911 Communications Center Time Line
1952 Portland voters pass $600,000 Civil Defense Lev
1955 Planning and construction of Defense Center
1956 Sept, 1956, Defense Center Dedication Ceremony, Visitors get first look at Center
1957 Civil Defense movie "A Day Called X" released
1962 Columbus Day Storm
1963 May, 1963, Portland withdraws from the Federal Civil Defense System
1964 Operations decline
1967 Portland Police Bureau utilizes center for academy training
1972 Law Enforcement/Civil Defense agencies conduct a feasibility study for conversion of bunker to a city/county communications center (BOEC)
1973-74 Design and construction (remodel) of communications center
1974 Police move radio dispatch from downtown Portland to Kelly Butte
1974 November, 1974 The Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC) occupies the underground complex and begins taking calls for local police agencies.
1981 January, 1981 The BOEC begins taking calls for the Emergency Medical System (EMS) so that police and medical calls are handled at the same bureau.1981 November 1981 Introduction of the 9-1-1 telephone system to Multnomah County
1988 Artist Hank Pander paints a 30' x 75' mural called "Palmyra" on the BOEC main wall
1989 Voters approve 7.5 million dollar bond for new 911 call center
1991 Enhanced 9-1-1 (computer-aided with caller I.D.)
1991 Employees complain of "sick building syndrome"
1992 In March, Halon gas is accidentally released causing fans to stir up toxic dust inside the shelter.
1992 October 1992, Ground-breaking begins on a new 9-1-1 call center location
1992 City attempts to sell/lease the bomb shelter without success
1994 March 1994, BOEC moves into new building
1995 Activity at the bunker decreases
1999 Underground diesel fuel tanks and contaminated soil removed
Graffiti and vandalism increase
Local transients occupy and loot the bunker
Kelly Butte Complex shut down
2006 Radio Transmission Tower removed
Bunker permanently sealed and back-filling of bunker entrance begins
2008 Back-filling continues
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