DeSoto County 911 centers have confirmed that all 911 is back in full service and all call centers are receiving calls again. The phone company (AT&T) located the point in their internal network that was damaged by the winter storm and finished repairing the damage late Friday afternoon.
AT&T and the DeSoto 911 staff have been testing the system continuously and feel confident that these repairs have resolved all of the connection issues that were negatively impacting the 911 network.
DeSoto County 911 officials are now confident that residents can use 911 as opposed to the alternate numbers in the event of an emergency.
As always, if there is ever a time when callers are unable to get through on 911, the numbers are still available and monitored by the same 911 call takers.
City of Southaven – (662) 393-0228
City of Olive Branch – (662) 895-4111
City of Horn Lake – (662) 393-6174
City of Hernando – (662) 469-5550
DeSoto County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS – (662) 469-8027
Bob Bakken provides content for DeSoto County News and its social media channels. He is an award-winning broadcaster, along with being a reporter and photographer, and has done sports media relations work with junior and minor league hockey teams. Along with his reports on this website, you will find this veteran media member providing sports updates and high school football play-by-play on Rebel 95.3 FM Radio.
