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E-911 warns of cell phone, landline service issues

Ronnie Daniels by Ronnie Daniels
February 13, 2019
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During the Coffee County Commissionโ€™s regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Marvin McIlwain of E-911 addressed the commission and meeting attendees regarding distressing issues E-911 has seen recently.

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According to McIlwain, the trending abandonment of landline phones and switch to primary cell phone usage is proof of technological advancements E-911 works to match every day; however, not all service providers are alike, and county citizens should be aware of the differences before they find themselves in an emergency situation.

โ€œI want to warn you: all cell phones are not alike. Some services are better than others when it comes to location,โ€ McIlwain said. โ€œ911 serves two purposes: (for you) to be able to speak to us or get to us, and to give us your location. If you canโ€™t talk to us, if you canโ€™t speak to the dispatcher, itโ€™s very important that we know where you are. Technology is there, but it doesnโ€™t all work alike, and I would encourage you to be aware of how well your service provides location to dispatchers.โ€

Landline service providers are more troubling than cell phone service providers in some cases, however. McIlwain said that a recent trend has been to cancel landline service with companies like CenturyLink and switch over to the new voice-over IP, or VoIP, phone service; unfortunately, VoIP service could have caused a massive issue for some county residents last week.

โ€œMost everybody has a cell phone, but if they do have a landline, theyโ€™re going to internet protocol phone service, and theyโ€™re not all alike either,โ€ McIlwain said. โ€œWeโ€™re one of the few 911 systems that monitors our databases — and when I say our databases are monitored, every day I get daily updates from the phone service from the landline people who have gotten phones or have deleted it. People are keeping their so-called landline and are hooking it to their internet service, voiceover IP, and there are several providers for that. I ran into a circumstance that really troubled me: a flag went up when a certain bank of phones were being deleted, so I called the phone to make sure it was either deleted or still in service. The phone was still in service, but it looked like it had been deleted; it was leaving CenturyLinkโ€™s service, but they donโ€™t tell me who itโ€™s going to. It went to VoIP service. I asked them if theyโ€™d checked to see if they could dial 911, and they said no. I said, โ€˜While I have you on the line, I want you to have someone with one of the other phones dial 911.โ€™ They did so, and got a busy signal. 911 doesnโ€™t give out busy signals — if Elba is tied up, it would have rolled to Enterprise; had Enterprise been tied up, it would have rolled to Dothan. But this call was a busy signal. Thatโ€™s not acceptable.โ€

McIlwain said that the problem is being rectified and he is personally keeping tabs on the situation; however, he urged other county residents to make sure they are able to reach 911 before an emergency arises and gave instructions to do so safely.

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โ€œIf youโ€™re changing to voiceover IP in your home phone, check with your provider and see if you can reach 911, and donโ€™t take their word for it,โ€ McIlwain said. โ€œAll you have to do is call Elba Dispatch on their landline, 897-2555, or you can call Enterprise Dispatch at 347-2222 and tell them youโ€™d like to make a test call to 911. Weโ€™re very accommodating unless theyโ€™re tied up on a 911 call, and theyโ€™ll tell you if they canโ€™t, but test that phone: call 911 and make sure that they can tell you where you are. If they canโ€™t tell you where you are, your provider is not giving an IP address. We donโ€™t want word to get out that 911 was busy — we donโ€™t get busy. If you have any questions, feel free to come to our office.โ€

Commissioner Jimmy Jones added that residents should heed McIlwainโ€™s advice.

โ€œWe have one of the best EMA and E-911 services in the state of Alabama — these guys are always improving, so donโ€™t take this information for granted,โ€ Jones said. โ€œDo what he said to do, because in a time of emergency, you donโ€™t have minutes to waste.โ€

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