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UPDATED - 911 and telephone outage impacting Okanogan County, most of Washington State

Follow Okanogan County Sheriff and Okanogan County Emergency Management on Facebook for up-dates.

Posted

9:48 a.m. Dec. 28 UPDATE

Okanogan County 911 Dispatch report:  
 
All 911 services appear to be restored. 
 
For emergencies, please call 911. 
 
For non-emergencies, please call (509)422-7232 to be connected with Dispatch. 
 
DO NOT CALL 911 TO SEE IF ITS WORKING; ONLY CALL 911 IF AN EMERGENCY!
 

“There is a 911 and telephone outage that is impacting Okanogan County, most of Washington State and several other states.

 

Landline, Wireless and VOIP calling is impacted and may not connect to the 911 Dispatch center when you call 911.

 

If your  attempt to call 911 fails try our business line 509-422-7232, should that fail try one of our two back up lines 509-422-6968 or 509-422-6967

 

Functioning phone lines are at a bare minimum so please only call if you have an emergency. 

 

The length of this outage is not known. Updates will be published as information is available.

 

The Okanogan County 911 Dispatch center is working with the Washington State 911 office address the situation.”

 

Follow Okanogan County Sheriff and Okanogan County Emergency Management on Facebook for up-dates.   

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