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Temporary 9-1-1 Outage Hits NE Texas; System Back Online

  

Update, 3:20 p.m.: The 9-1-1 syatem is back up. However, NCTCOG "will continue to monitor before making the decision to return to normal operations. 9-1-1 calls are still being manually rerouted to the ten digit non-emergency number."

Statement by North Central Texas Council On Goverments -911 on Wednesday's 9-1-1 outage.

If you are being affected by the outage, call local non-emergency numbers for emergencies.

NCTCOG Homepage: https://www.nct911.org/latest-news

List of areas affected and non-emergency numbers: https://www.nct911.org/attention-nct9-1-1-is-experiencing-a-9-1-1-outage

Scott Morgan has been an award-winning journalist since 2001. His work has appeared in several newspapers and magazines as well as online. He has also been an editor, freelancer, speaker, writing teacher, author, and podcaster.