911
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 - 8:56 am
Above: A map of the area affected by a telecom outage in Sullivan County, via NY Alert.
A telecom outage affected emergency phone calls to 911 placed from landlines in the Sullivan County town of Rockland between 12:20 a.m. and 1:18 a.m. on Friday, Nov.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 10:55 am
Above: Video of flooding in Sidney Center on Friday, by YouTube user kiki71669.
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services announced recently that people affected by this weekend's flooding in Sidney Center might be eligible for help from the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - 11:06 pm
As of around 2:30pm today, Delaware County Emergency Services says "most" 911 service has been restored:
Verizon continues to restore 911 services to the area. Delaware County has had area fire departments conduct tests of the 911 system from their... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - 11:45 am
This just in from Delaware County Emergency Services, around 11:30am: Sporadic phone outages and problems routing calls to 911 are being reported from around the county.
Currently Verizon and some local carriers are experiencing phone and 911 service... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:22 pm
This just in from the Town of Shandaken's Facebook page:
Verizon contacts have informed the Town that Service in the 254 exchange and a portion of the 688 exchange (approx. West of Rte.42) will remain without service until approximately 12 Noon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:13 pm
As we reported earlier this morning, some Delaware County residents in the 845 area code are unable to reach 911 today, in the wake of a transformer explosion on a utility pole in Shandaken early this morning. (And some Ulster County residents are without... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 9:31 am
According to NY-Alert, if you live in the 845 area code in Delaware County, you might not be able to reach police and fire officials using 911 this morning. The alert advises people with emergencies to go physically to the nearest fire station:*
Due to a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 - 3:57 pm
Schoharie County Emergency Services is reporting (via their Facebook wall) that some of the county's 911 lines are experiencing technical difficulty.
If you have an emergency and dial 911 and do not reach a person, please hang up and dial the non-... Read more
