911 Down In Maine, Rhode Island And New York? Reports Emerge After Massachusetts Outage

Minutes after Massachusetts officials confirmed that the state was facing a 911 outage, residents in Rhode Island, Maine and New York received a similar alert. However, authorities confirmed that these states are not facing any downtime and the alert expanded to surrounding states ‘by accident’.

Responding to reports in New Hampshire, the state’s emergency and communications department tweeted: “The Division of Emergency Services and Communications is aware of the statewide 911 outage in Massachusetts. New Hampshire 911 is not impacted by this outage – we are fully operational and have received no reports of callers unable to get through to 911.”

“A WEA (Wireless Emergency Alert) was recently pushed by Massachusetts. It expanded to other surrounding states by accident and is being investigated by FEMA. Maine residents can disregard the alert,” Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

Rhode Island authorities said: “Rhode Island E-911 is not affected by the Massachusetts outage.”

Talking about reports of a 911 outage in New York, Albany County Sheriff wrote: “Many people in the Capital District have received an “Emergency Alert“ advising them of a potential statewide 911 outage. This appears to have originated from Massachusetts and there is no known 911 issues in New York State at this time. Be calm and stay cool! @NYSheriffs @NationalSheriff.”

Meanwhile, the Boston Police Department warned the public: “If you are experiencing an emergency please pull a Fire Box.” Authorities are still investigating the cause of the statewide outage in Massachusetts.