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'Our 911 call system is vulnerable': NYC councilmember calls for changes after outage

The NYPD's lower Manhattan security center, where cops monitor surveillance cameras, environmental sensors and license plate readers around the clock. The August outage followe...

New York City Council questions 911 service disruption in hearing

New York City‘s 911 emergency system came under fire Wednesday at a City Council hearing, leaving more questions than answers. Officials from the city agencies that coordinate t...

911 System Goes Down In Oakland For Unknown Reasons

Oakland's 911 call system went down Wednesday night, and calls continue to be rerouted to Alameda County dispatch until the problem can be resolved.

Catahoula Parish 911 service temporarily down but alternate emergency number provided

CATAHOULA PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- The Catahoula Parish Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents that its 911 service is temporarily down. According to the sheriff’s office, anyone...

100 and 199 out of order: Call 112 instead, authorities say

Authorities have advised citizens seeking to contact the 100 police emergency number and the 199 fire emergency number to call the European emergency number 112 instead, due to a p...

Inside Virginia’s largest 911 center | Real-time response at scale

Getting hold of the Pompiers on a UK mobile?

Easy https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/le-112-le-numero-durgence-europeen

Phone outages, service disruption reported by Kaua‘i Emergency Management, Kaua‘i police

Kaua‘i Police Department is experiencing a high volume of calls to dispatch during ongoing hurricane response; police remind the public to only use the 9-1-1 system for emerg...

Oakland dispatch center forced to reroute calls amid technical issues

Oakland dispatch center forced to reroute calls amid technical issues

B.C. is upgrading its 911 system

B.C. residents will soon be interfacing with a new system when making emergency calls to 911, and we have some details on what that means. E-Comm, which provides 911 services to 99...

America’s 911 System Is Facing Its Own Emergency

On July 4, 2023, Caitlin Ditta had just finished hosting a barbecue with her husband and baby daughter when she felt a strange sensation. Ditta, a 33-year-old school therapist livi...

Emergency Numbers & French Useful Info 2026/27

In France.. Your phone provider “geo localizes?” your call and sends it to your nearest Emergency provider depending on what direct number you’ve dialled. 18=Pompier 15=Samu etc Th...

Police and fire emergency numbers back working

The 100 police and 199 fire emergency lines were restored at around 4pm on Thursday after being temporarily unavailable due to problems with the telecommunications network.

Emergency Numbers & French Useful Info 2026/27

David_Spardo: 999 was the best of them all One thing wrong with 999 was that on the old dials it took ages for the dial to turn back after dialling a nine. 111 would have been m...

UK 999 and 111 services affected by IT issues

UK 999 and 111 services are being affected by IT issues, South Central Ambulance Service has said.

Hong Kong 999 callers can send real-time audio, video data from 2028: Chris Tang

Callers to Hong Kong’s 999 hotline will be able to send real-time audio and visual information to emergency call centres using instant messaging apps in 2028, Secretary for Securit...

Christa Pike 911 call reveals delays, confusion in getting ambulance to prison

TDOC official who called 911 after the botched execution of Christa Pike did not know required security code, causing confusion among emergency dispatchers and responders and delay...

Getting hold of the Pompiers on a UK mobile?

SuePJ: Where does it tell me what to do if I am using a non-EU mobile phone in the EU? 112 isn’t an EU thing. The EU adopted it as a bloc but it’s used in most other countries t...

Reports of Verizon customers on Kaua‘i having issues connecting with non-emergency police dispatch line

Kaua‘i Police Department provided two additional numbers for Verizon customers experiencing connection issues.

'988 Day' raising awareness about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

988 is the 3-digit number for the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a new 3-digit number to call or text for help or support. This number replaces the former number of 1-800-27...

Nigeria Sets 112 As Nationwide Emergency Number

Nigerians may soon have just one number to call whenever danger strikes.

Major DC911 delay in deadly Dupont Circle shooting

Police urgently called for EMS for more than 15 minutes as they did CPR on Ronnie Massey The post Major DC911 delay in deadly Dupont Circle shooting appeared first on Statter911.

‘Unacceptable': NYC ambulance response times soar by 40% as 911 calls surge

New York City lawmakers will address growing concerns over emergency response times after a new report showed first responders are taking longer to answer life-threatening calls....

Ontario police oversight report reveals major issues with handling of ‘silent’ 911 call

In August 2024, a Welland, Ont., man called 911 as he was having a heart attack. He couldn't speak and Niagara Regional Police failed to dispatch officers to check on him.