911 Outage Affecting Some Landlines in Sierra, Placer, And Nevada Counties
GRASS VALLEY (CBS13) -- Public Safety Agencies in several Northern California counties are warning residents that calls to 9-1-1 from AT&T landlines may not go through. According to the Grass Valley Police department, the outage is affecting some landlines in Nevada, Placer and Sierra Counties.
The Grass Valley Police department is urging landline customers to not "test" dial 911, which could prevent actual emergencies from getting through.
There is currently an outage affecting some land lines and cell phones in Nevada and Placer Counties. According... https://t.co/sjiiR5oby6
— Grass Valley Police (@GrassValleyPD) February 18, 2018
Placer County Sheriff's Office says the outage is affecting landline users with phone numbers in the 530 area-code that start with 268 or 269, and that cellular phones are not affected.
AT&T is reporting telephone issues that are affecting the ability to call 911. The areas affected are the 268 & 269 prefixes in the 530 area code. These are in Placer & Nevada Counties. Cell phones do not seem to be affected. Call (530) 886-5375 to reach PCSO Dispatch. pic.twitter.com/lqEfG75DZl
— Placer Sheriff (@PlacerSheriff) February 18, 2018