IN WASHINGTON DC:
Police, Fire Dispatch System Loses Power
911 Calls May Be Delayed
POSTED: 5:10 pm EDT May 25, 2004
UPDATED: 7:48 pm EDT May 25, 2004
WASHINGTON -- Police officers, firefighters and paramedics in D.C. are working around a problem with their radio dispatch system.
Officers say people can still call into the 911 system, and emergency crews will respond. However, the response time may be a little longer than normal.
A police representative said the city radio system, which is located in Northwest D.c., lost power at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Crews are trying to restore power. In the meantime, the different emergency agencies are operating on only a few channels. That means many calls for emergency help are behind given to officers by hand, and dispatchers can't oversee where the officers are.
It is not yet known when the system will be fully functional again. Crews said they have been restoring some of the channels throughout the afternoon.
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I know they have been having bad storms in that area today, but I dont know if this happened before the storms hit.
We lost power for two days over the weekend because of a lightning strike from a thunderstorm, so its been going around a lot lately.
I can think of a dozen snide remarks, but will settle for
"Now that scares me".
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