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GP911 investigating service disruptions to ensure “transparency” and “accountability”

9-1-1 services for Northern Alberta have returned- now fully and independently operational.

On April 28th, residents received word that 9-1-1 service was completely unavailable for most of Alberta’s northern communities as GP911 was experiencing outages. As a result, residents were required to report emergencies in-person or through non-emergency lines.

Officials maintain that GP911 is designed with backup systems to ensure services are maintained without interruption, even if one part of the system fails.

GP911 has requested a review of the service disruption to ensure “transparency and accountability” for the incident, but can confirm the outage was “beyond their control.”

Ethan Montague
Ethan Montague
Reporter/Contributor for MyGrandePrairieNow.com and 104.7 2Day FM. Studied Broadcast News at SAIT. Team member since February 2023.
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