Credit: County of Bucks
UPDATED: 3:48 p.m., Thursday:
Around 3:30 p.m., the phone issues that impacted the 9-1-1 service in Bucks County were resolved, county officials said.
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Original Story:
Bucks County’s 9-1-1 system was having issues Thursday afternoon.
The county emergency service’s department shared that the 9-1-1 number and 10-digit phone numbers were experiencing problems as of 2:30 p.m. By 2:45 p.m., some of the issues were resolved, officials said.
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“If you have an emergency and can’t get through please go to your local police station, fire house or ambulance building,” officials said in a statement.
Around 2:20 p.m., a dispatcher announced over emergency radio that all fire companies and ambulance squads should man their stations due to the phone issues.
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The county 9-1-1 system is operated out of the Bucks County Emergency Management Agency Building in Ivyland Borough.
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