Most of Whatcom County didn’t lose 911 service Thursday and dispatchers continued to operate Friday despite a widespread outage that affected several U.S. states, including Washington.
According to Associated Press, a nationwide CenturyLink outage disrupted 911 services in parts of Western Washington.
But What-Comm, the county’s emergency dispatch center, continued to operate, said Deputy Director Greg Erickson.
“We were one of a handful of counties that maintained 911 services throughout the night,” Erickson said Friday morning via Facebook Messenger.