This is on outages@, not outages-discussion@.
On 2024-06-18 22:07, Mel Beckman via Outages wrote:
Don,
It IS on the Outages-discussion list, as indicated in the subject line.
-mel
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*From:* Don Gould <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2024 7:53 PM
*To:* richey goldberg <[email protected]>; Mel Beckman
<[email protected]>; Michael B. Williams <[email protected]>
*Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [outages] 911 outage - MA statewide
It's really looks like a post that could be on the discussion list at
this point.
I don't know about others on this list but I'm getting sick of the
many notifications I'm getting and in considering just unsubscribing
D
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-------- Original message --------
From: richey goldberg via Outages <[email protected]>
Date: 19/06/24 2:51 pm (GMT+12:00)
To: Mel Beckman <[email protected]>, "Michael B. Williams"
<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [outages] 911 outage - MA statewide
It completely depends on the PSAP. When I was doing HPBX installs
on a new install I would call 911 and would lead with “This is a phone
company engineer” Can you verify the address. They would verify
what they had and I would say thank you and hang up. If what the
read to me was wrong I still just thanked them and hung up and would
address the issue with our E911 provider.
This is what we were told to do when we contacted the PSAP. They
told us that if they could not accommodate they would just say
something like “Not now” “Call back later” and hang up. If that
happened we were to wait until the next day and try again.
Other markets were different. This was more than 10 years ago so
their rules on this may have changed.
-richey
*From: *Outages <[email protected]> on behalf of Mel Beckman
via Outages <[email protected]>
*Date: *Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 8:49 PM
*To: *Michael B. Williams <[email protected]>
*Cc: *[email protected] <[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: [outages] 911 outage - MA statewide
I’m posting this to the announce side because it appears readers of
this list need to know this important info.
You can’t legally “test call” 911 cold. You have to first schedule the
test with your local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) using their
non-emergency number. You can find the PSAP's non-emergency number in
your local phone book or on their website. Some PSAPs may have
specific times or dates when they perform test calls, so you must
check their website for more information handling BEFORE calling the
dispatch center. And you must have an industry need (e.g., phone
system installer, first responder, etc) to even schedule a test call.
If anyone could make a test call, everyone would be tying up the lines
doing that.
All widely available, public information. You clearly didn’t do any
research, such as googling “911 test call”.
Which is why you’re being charged.
Continue this discussion on the discuss list.
-mel
On Jun 18, 2024, at 4:09 PM, Michael B. Williams via Outages
<[email protected]> wrote:
I test-called 911 from about five different phones, and all went
through. Now I am facing charges for misuse of 911 system? Seems
to be fixed or officially bogus?
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 5:24 AM Jay R. Ashworth via Outages
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have a report this 3pm Tue, hour from the authenticated FB
page of the Boston PD,
that 9-1-1 service is out statewide in Mass; they're handling
it as a Code 2 AHOD;
flag down a cruiser if you need help.
"""
9-11 is currently down statewide.
If you are experiencing an emergency please pull a Fire Box.
If you need assistance, please reach out to your local Boston
Police District station.
Boston Police will be patrolling with their blue lights
activated for high visibility.
Please approach an officer if you need assistance:
Downtown A-1: (617) 343-4240
Charlestown A-15: (617) 343-4888
East Boston A-7: (617) 343-4220
Roxbury B-2: (617) 343-4270
Mattapan B-3: (617) 343-4700
South Boston C-6: (617) 343-4730
Dorchester C-11: (617) 343-4330
South End D-4: (617) 343-4250
Allston/Brighton D-14: (617) 343-4260
Roslindale/ West Roxbury E-5: (617) 343-4560
Jamaica Plain E-13: (617) 343-5630
Hyde Park E-18: (617) 343-5600
"""
And yes, a fairly wide swath of Mass still has handle-pull
fireboxes.
We knew those would come in handy some day.
>> Everything except "Officials say it's fixed now" to
-discuss, please.
And yes, "9-11" is a copy/pasta quote from the posting. Oops.
Cheers,
-- jra
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