(Reuters) -A number of U.S. states have been experiencing a 911 emergency providers outage late on Wednesday, together with the whole state of South Dakota and parts of Nevada, Texas, and Nebraska, in keeping with native officers.
It was not instantly clear what was making the outages.
Requests for remark from the Division of Transportation’s Workplace of Emergency Medical Providers, which homes the Nationwide 911 Program, weren’t instantly returned, nor the place these despatched to the U.S. Federal Communications Fee.
The Federal Emergency Administration Company additionally didn’t reply to requests for remark.
The South Dakota Division of Public Security, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division and Douglas County, Nebraska, all reported outages to their 911 providers.
Late on Wednesday, the Las Vegas police stated their 911 service had been restored, and that everybody who referred to as through the outage had been referred to as again and given help.
In Texas, the police division in Del Rio, on the border with Mexico, stated its Fb (NASDAQ:) web page that 911 providers have been down.
South Dakota’s Division of Public Security stated efforts have been underway to resolve the problem, with out disclosing the reason for the outage.
Authorities additionally requested folks to not name 911 as a take a look at.