Wyoming
If Verizon Outage in Wyoming Prevents You From Calling 911, You Can Text It
A Verizon outage has left many residents of Casper and past with out the means to make telephone calls. However what about those that are having an emergency?
Natrona County Emergency Administration has put out a social media submit, stating that if individuals are experiencing an emergency and are unable to name 9-1-1, they will textual content their emergency to that very same quantity.
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“Verizon Wi-fi is reporting intermittent Voice Name Disruption in Natrona County, in addition to in Sublette County, and presumably different areas of the state,” Natrona County Emergency Administration wrote in a Fb submit. “This can be a multi-state outage, and there’s presently no estimated time till restore.
“When you’re experiencing an emergency and are unable to dial out to 9-1-1, you’ll be able to textual content your emergency to 9-1-1. Please use plain messaging, and do not shorten expressions. Please keep away from emojis. Telecommunicators will obtain the communication on the identical console as voice calls and can be capable of dispatch essentially the most acceptable first-responder.”
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