North Dakota
Landline 911 calls working again in western North Dakota
N.D. (Valley Information Reside) – Landline 911 calls are working once more in western North Dakota.
Thursday afternoon, State Radio dispatchers have been notified of a problem affecting callers utilizing landlines to achieve 911 in remoted areas throughout western North Dakota.
Landline 911 callers skilled “lifeless air” when making calls. State Radio dispatchers have been nonetheless in a position to obtain location and cellphone quantity info from the caller and instantly name again. Callers have been requested, if attainable, to make use of a cellular phone till the difficulty was resolved.
The landline points have been attributable to a fiber minimize about seven miles north of Bismarck. Mobile phone customers weren’t impacted. This didn’t delay dispatching emergency responders upon receiving info from 911 callers.
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