Jul 11, 2025 - News

Who to call during Pennsylvania's 911 outages

Chrissy Suttles

emergency alert — An alert sent to Pennsylvanians warning of a statewide 911 outage Friday.

Update: Pennsylvania's 911 service was fully restored Saturday morning, per PEMA.

Pennsylvania is experiencing intermittent 911 outages as of Friday afternoon, which may prevent emergency calls from reaching dispatchers.

Why it matters: The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency advises anyone who can't reach 911 to call their county's non-emergency number instead.

Yes, but: Allegheny County Emergency Services is still fully operational, the county said Friday.

Here are non-emergency numbers in counties near Pittsburgh.

Allegheny County: 412-473-3056
Beaver County: 724-775-0880
Butler County: 724-282-1221
Lawrence County: 724-656-9300
Washington County: 724-229-4600
Greene County: 724-627-4911
Westmoreland County: 724-836-1551

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