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IAC021-035-093-193-081800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
911 TELEPHONE OUTAGE EMERGENCY...CORRECTED
WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIOUX CITY IA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
939 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2020

...911 TELEPHONE OUTAGE EMERGENCY...

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SEVERAL IOWA TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING AN OUTAGE OF
911 SERVICE FROM LANDLINE PHONES. 

SCHALLER TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS IN AND AROUND GALVA AND CUSHING, AS 
WELL AS LONG LINES CUSTOMERS IN AND AROUND CORRECTIONVILLE, ARE 
AFFECTED BY THIS OUTAGE. LATEST WORD FROM WOODBURY COUNTY 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS THAT THE OUTAGE MAY LAST INTO THE DAY ON 
WEDNESDAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVE LOCAL
EMERGENCY NUMBERS FOR RESIDENTS TO CALL.

IN WOODBURY COUNTY, CALL 712-279-6510.
IN IDA COUNTY, CALL 712-364-3146.
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, CALL 712-225-6728.
IN BUENA VISTA COUNTY, CALL 712-749-2525.

AUTHORITIES STATE THAT YOU MAY STILL DIAL 911 FROM A CELL PHONE,
BUT BE AWARE THAT LOCATION INFORMATION IS NOT ALWAYS PASSED ALONG
TO DISPATCHERS IN THE SAME WAY AS WITH LANDLINE PHONES.

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