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Pennsylvania is experiencing "intermittent" statewide 911 outages, officials confirmed on Friday. The Pennsylvania Emergency ...
Pennsylvania's 911 system is experiencing statewide outages, state officials said on Friday. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency sent out an alert on Friday afternoon saying that the state's ...
A 911 outage is a disruption in emergency call services where individuals are unable to reach dispatchers by dialing 9-1-1.
Service was out for approximately 20 hours. Original story. Adams, Franklin and Cumberland counties are without phone 911 services. Dave Keller, chairman of the Franklin County commissioners, said ...
(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania’s 911 surcharge on cell phones went up in 2023, but the General Assembly isn’t done working on the emergency system.
Emergency service officials call on the Pa. General Assembly to reauthorize and increase 911 surcharge The current $1.65 surcharge for all phones is set to expire at the end of January. To stream ...
On Thursday the Wolf Administration announced The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) selected Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to partner with them and Pennsylvania's county-based 911 ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A surcharge Pennsylvania residents pay each month on their phone bills that pays for the majority of costs for counties' 911 services is set to expire early next year, and the ...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) announced on Sept. 5 that a Text-to-911 service is now available to all counties in the state. The service is meant to ...