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A nationwide 911 outage has been reported, according to Downdetector, which noted a sharp increase in outage reports around 5:18 PM Pacific Time. The cause of the outage remains unknown at this time, and the extent of the issue is still unclear. Emergency services across the country may be impacted. When did the 911 outage occur? According to Downdetector, a significant spike in reports of 911 outages occurred around 5:18 PM Pacific Time. This surge indicates a potential widespread issue affecting emergency call services across the United States.

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July 19 (Reuters) - A global tech outage was disrupting operations across multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off air and services from banking to healthcare hit by system problems. While major U.S. airlines - American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab, Delta Airlines (DAL.N), opens new tab and United Airlines (UAL.O), opens new tab - grounded flights, other carriers and airports around the world reported delays and disruptions early on Friday. Banks and financial services firms from Australia to India and Germany warned customers of disruptions. In Britain, booking systems used by doctors were offline, multiple...

Law enforcement agencies across the country reported brief outages of their 911 systems Monday night, and it was not immediately clear if there was a connection with a major Microsoft system outage. Law enforcement agencies around the country, from Nevada to Pennsylvania and Arizona to Minnesota, tweeted that their 911 systems were down beginning sometime after 7 p.m. ET. Multiple reports indicated outages throughout Delaware and Ohio as well. By 8:15 p.m., many of those departments reported that their services had come back online. Others were still recommending that people call local department numbers instead of the emergency line. The...

Even as Hurricane Harvey once again demonstrates the essential nature of public safety agencies, few Americans know that the Democrat political machine has been systematically robbing local police, fire and health care services throughout the nation of lawfully mandated funds, intentionally depriving local people throughout the nation of essential first responder services. Government derives much of its moral authority to tax from its obligation to provide public safety, health and education. Yet as public-sector pension plans create ever-greater demands upon local and state financial resources, The Democrats’ machine funnels so much tax revenue into the corrupt bargain the party made...

Rescue without human touch: The Air-Mule UAV which assists in medical evacuation has recently passed its initial flight tests. The new UAV, which weighs a ton, will be able to carry equipment and fly into complicated places, such as in urban areas and crevices. In addition to that, the Air-Mule takes off vertically, similar to a helicopter, and its stability will be guaranteed by a unique flight supervision system. Urban Aeronautics, the company producing the UAV, is one of the world's leading companies in the development of propellers which are installed inside the aircraft instead of outside. The advantage of...

Supreme Court upholds felony conviction of man who smashed cell phone during assault Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:58 AM By Darrel Rowland THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Smashing a cell phone can be legally equivalent to flattening the tires of ambulance speeding to an emergency, a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court ruled this morning. Both are potential violations of an Ohio law against disrupting public service said the justices in a first-of-its-kind ruling. Raynell Robinson of Marysville was convicted of the fourth-degree felony for destroying a personal cell phone being used by his nephew, Antonio Robinson, to summon help after Raynell had assaulted...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-Vice-President-Biden-at-the-21st-Annual-National-Fire-and-Emergency-Services-Dinner/ THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President ___________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release April 2, 2009 REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT AT THE 21ST ANNUAL NATIONAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DINNER Hilton Washington Washington, DC 7:12 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you. (Applause.) It's an honor to be back with you. (Applause.) It's a genuine honor to be back with you. (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, please -- please sit down. I'm not used to these standing ovations, I'm a Vice President. (Laughter.) Anyone from Delaware in the...

May 12, Gleaner News (KY) Severe weather drill highlights the importance of ham radios. In a severe weather drill Thursday, May 11, negative temperatures, freezing rain and sleet turned Henderson, KY, and its surrounding counties into a veritable ice kingdom. The objective of this drill: For emergency responders within the seven counties of the Green River Area Development District to share information regarding disaster preparedness. The event comprised three hospitals and seven counties −− Henderson, Union, Webster, Daviess, Hancock, McLean and Ohio −− and each county had to communicate with each other. Some problems involved written communications between the agencies...

Annemarie Conroy, the director of San Francisco's Office of Emergency Services, was in the political hot seat Tuesday with one member of the Board of Supervisors calling for an inquiry into her management of the office and another urging her to resign. Several supervisors said that learning over the past week that Conroy was attending homeland security classes at the prestigious Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey raised old concerns that she lacked enough training to lead San Francisco's disaster agency. And though Conroy by some accounts has improved the emergency office since taking over, the debacle of hurricane relief efforts...

Tornadoes sweep through region, kill 1 By Crystal Boyles Independent-Mail September 16, 2004 FRANKLIN SPRINGS — Tornadoes that swept through northeast Georgia early Thursday afternoon killed one woman and left mostly walls at the Franklin Springs fire department and town hall building. Rosemarie Crump, 38, died when an oak tree, 5-foot in diameter, fell on the Chevrolet Suburban she and her sister were sitting in near the Bold Springs community of Franklin County, deputy coroner Ken Smith said. Advertisement "This is just not something you can prepare for," Mr. Smith said. Ms. Crump’s family was at Ty Cobb Memorial Hospital...

Stolen: One Poynor VFD fire truck By Art Lawler Somebody took the fire truck in Poynor last week. The fire truck. It's the same truck that's been parked in the same space at the same fire department for the last 26 years -- almost all of those days and nights with the keys in the ignition. It's not like it's out there being inconspicuous somewhere, what with the City of Poynor written across its doors, and the civil defense emblem imprinted on it. The red paint has admittedly begun to fade in recent years, but there's no mistaking this vehicle's...

People getting medical help after an accident, fire or other emergency in Missouri now may be tested for contagious diseases such as hepatitis -- whether they want the test or not. The law, a surprise to the American Civil Liberties Union and to some hospitals, assumes patient consent to be tested if a patient's blood or other bodily fluids are exposed to emergency care providers. Missouri firefighters, hoping to reduce their chances of catching a disease in the line of duty, quietly persuaded the Missouri General Assembly to pass the law in May. At least two Kansas City firefighters have...

This Bill Kurtis 2 hour special on the collapse of the WTC is both moving and informative. Catch it replayed at 1am eastern on September 10th. Very poignant.