Pennsylvania’s 911 emergency service lines are experiencing technical issues statewide, officials said Friday afternoon in an alert that went out to millions of residents. <\/p>\n
A text message warning was sent out just before 3:30 p.m. advising that 911 calls may not connect due to intermittent outages. The cause was not explained. <\/p>\n
MORE:<\/b>\u00a0Philly man sentenced to 6 years in prison for stealing homes through wire fraud<\/a><\/p>\n “We are working with technical experts to resolve the issue and restore service as quickly as possible,” the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said<\/a> in a post on X. <\/p>\n PEMA is urging people to only call 911 in the event of true emergencies. People who can’t get through and need emergency service are advised to call their local 911 offices directly. <\/p>\n The non-emergency lines in Philadelphia are 311 and 215-686-8686, which both connect to the same line. Residents also can\u00a0call their local police districts<\/a>, the department said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The numbers for the surrounding counties are as follows: <\/p>\n \u2022 Bucks County: 215-328-8500 Philadelphia officials did not immediately respond to questions about whether its 911 dispatch services have been impacted. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Chester County: 610-436-4700
\u2022 Delaware County: 610-565-6575
\u2022 Montgomery County: 610-635-4300<\/p><\/blockquote>\n