Next year will mark 40 years since Kerr County voters approved the creation of the Kerr 9-1-1 Emergency Network in a referendum in 1987.

A five-member board governs the network and its two employees, Executive Director Mark Del Toro and his assistant Nick LaMontia.

"We have one representative from the city of Kerrville, two from Kerr County, one from the city of Ingram and one from KARFA (Kerr Area Rural Firefighters Association)," Del Toro said.