PIO officer, Victoria Hill, says the 9-1-1 call center issue was resolved early this morning at around three in the morning and everything appears to be working smoothly.
The 9 -1-1 communications center serving Billings and Yellowstone County is experiencing a nationwide outage. The cause of this outage is unknown. The press release sent out by the city of Billings says the communications center is affecting landlines and cell phones differently.
Dispatchers have created a system so that citizens can still call 9-1-1. If you get a busy signal, hang up and try again. If you are not able to call the center at all, try using a different phone if possible… READ MORE
