“911 outage lasted a little more than 90 minutes last night. No evidence of outside hacking.”

Photo by PoPville flickr user John Sonderman

Just after 12:30am this alarming tweet was sent:

DC911 is currently experiencing a service interruption. Call 202.727.9099 for MPD and 202.673.7197 for fire/EMS emergencies.

— OUC Director (@OUCDirector) August 28, 2016

From a briefing this morning:

911 outage lasted a little more than 90 minutes last night. We are investigating the cause of failure. No evidence of outside hacking.

— Public Safety in DC (@SafeDC) August 28, 2016

.@DC_HSEMA Director: We know this was an equipment failure. We’re now looking into why the equipment failure. It was not a power failure.

— Public Safety in DC (@SafeDC) August 28, 2016

During 911 outage, residents had to use a 10-digit phone # for calling MPD/FEMS. Total of 40 calls were rec’d:
* 30 EMS & 5 fire
* 5 police

— Public Safety in DC (@SafeDC) August 28, 2016

Updates when the full press release is issued.