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Okeechobee County 911 system restored after earlier outage

Officials don't believe any calls were lost during outage

WPTV

By: Peter Burke

Posted at 10:00 AM, Sep 30, 2022

and last updated 2022-09-30 16:42:18-04

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Okeechobee County's 911 system has been restored Friday after an earlier outage, according to the sheriff's office.

Public safety director Ralph Franklin said that provider issues due to conditions on Florida's west coast caused the outage.

Franklin said they don't believe any calls were lost during the outage.