Washington Co. 911 Restored After System Failure

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Officials say the Washington County 911 Call Center was down for a brief time Saturday afternoon. According to the Peters Township Fire Department, Washington County’s 911 Control Center was unable to take phone calls around 1:30 p.m. The fire department alerted local residents to call the fire station directly for any emergencies during the system outage. Authorities say the call center was back up and running by roughly 3:00 p.m. that same afternoon. There was no word as to why the system was out for a period of time.