Texting 9-1-1? – NO WAY !

Camp Murray , Washington.- If you have an emergency, call — don’t text 9-1-1 from your cell phone.

Washington State’s current 9-1-1 telephone system is designed around voice communications.  Until upgrades are in place, Washington’s 9-1-1 system cannot deliver text data to 9-1-1 call centers around the state.

So for now, if you have an emergency, you must make a voice call to 9-1-1 and be ready to provide your name, location, and type of emergency.

For information on this subject please contact Tami Walthall – Kitsap County 9-1-1 public education coordinator at 360 308 5400 or email twalthall@co.kitsap.wa.us.


Thank you-

1/7/2010