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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – There are new developments in the 911 outages that affected many parts of central Virginia throughout Thursday, July 22.
The Emergency Communications Center (ECC) – which covers Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the University of Virginia – says it was notified of the issue around 10 a.m. and had intermittent service until around 5 p.m.
“I’m not aware of any specific detriments, but I do know there were community members having to do different things to get public service assistance,” ECC Executive Director Sonny Saxon said.
ECC worked Thursday to share alternative phone lines for people who could not access the 911 service line. It also encouraged people to text 911…
