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Verizon Customers Without 911 Due to Outage
An outage at a Hatboro Verizon center has temporarily blocked subscribers from calling Montgomery County 911
According to a Pottstown Mercury Facebook post, Verizon Mobile customers are without access to Montgomery County 911.
The outage affects about seven municipalities, according to PhillyBurbs: Hatboro, Upper and Lower Moreland, Upper Dublin, Horsham, Abington and Cheltenham.
Due to an outage at a Verizon central office in Hatboro at around 8 a.m., customers will be temporarily unable to contact the 911 call center and are instead advised to contact their local police department for emergency assistance.
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Over in Bucks County at around 8 a.m., the 911 system there was out of service due to maintenance.
Those needing emergency assistance were advised to call area police agencies.
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The Bucks County 911 system, which was not associated with the Verizon issue, has been fixed.
Here are the non-emergency contact numbers for the municipalities facing outages. All emergency contacts for area police are 911:
Horsham Police: (215) 643-3600
Upper Dublin Police: (215) 646-2100
Lower Moreland Police: (215) 947-3131
Upper Moreland Police: (215) 657-4700
Cheltenham Police: (215) 885-1600
Hatboro Police: (215) 675-4400
Abington Police: (215) 884-2700
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