Widespread 911 outage reported in Washington Thursday afternoon, state officials say
A widespread 911 outage in Washington was reported Thursday afternoon, according to the Washington State Department of Emergency Management.
The emergency agency said on Twitter shortly before 4:30 p.m. that it received “widespread” reports from counties in both Western and Eastern Washington about a 911 outage impacting counties’ emergency systems. The agency said not everywhere in the state reported an outage.
By 5:01 p.m., the state emergency 911 Coordination Office reported that all 911 services were back online and fully functional.
The 911 coordination office is investigating the cause of the outage, the state emergency management agency said.
It also advised Washingtonians to have their local agencies non-emergency phone numbers handy.
People can find alternative numbers online at https://mil.wa.gov/911-alternative-phone-numbers.
To reach Washington State Patrol for any 911-related calls, which would be for incidents on freeways and state routes, people can call 360-654-1204.
To reach Whatcom County dispatch, you cann call 360-676-6711.
To reach Bellingham Fire, you can call 360-676-6811.
To reach Bellingham police, you can call 360-676-6911.
To reach Pierce County 911, you can call 253-798-4722.
To reach Joint Base Lewis-McChord, you can call 253-912-4442.
To reach Thurston County, you can call 360-704-2740.
To reach Benton and Franklin counties dispatch, you can call 509-628-0333.
No other information on the outage was immediately available.
This story will be updated.
This story was originally published October 22, 2020 at 4:54 PM.
