Lorain County Administrator Tom Williams says the county will investigate the cause of a 911 system outage.

The outage occurred at 9:18 p.m. on May 2, according to Lorain County’s emergency notification system.

Williams said it lasted 10-15 minutes. The county will produce a report following the conclusion of its investigation, he said.

The issue has multiple sources, Williams said.

In investigating the problem, county officials discovered the system was setup improperly with the main power supply and the backup generator plugged into a single power strip, delaying the system from being restored, he said… READ MORE