UPDATE: Fayette County 911 outage now resolved

UPDATE : Friday, July 19, 2024 @ 8:19 AM | FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WVNS)– An outage affecting Fayette County 911 services has now been resolved, and all 911 lines are back up and operational.

Fayette County 911 administrators confirmed this morning on Friday, July 19, 2024 that the outage previously blocking calls to both emergency and non-emergency dispatch has now been fixed.

FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WVNS) – An outage is ongoing involving Fayette County 911 services.

According to the Fayette County Non-Emergency dispatch, the agency is currently experiencing an outage that is affecting calls to the Emergency and Non Emergency call centers.

This means that any attempts to call Fayette County 911 will not be received.

There is no information on when the lines will be restored as of yet. The Fayette County text number is still functioning as normal, so the Non-Emergency dispatch center recommends either texting the working number or calling Raleigh County dispatch in order to reach Fayette County.

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