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Posted on: July 11, 2024

[ARCHIVED] UPDATE: Fiber Outage Continues to Affect Non-Emergency Phone Lines

Emergency Calls to 9-1-1 Center NOT Impacted

FREDERICK, Md. - A regional fiber outage has left Frederick County Government's non-emergency phones without service.  Calls to the emergency 9-1-1 center are not affected by the outage. The outage affects desk phones. If you need to reach someone at a County office, you can email them. Text options are available for most divisions. A list appears below.

It remains unknown how long it will take to fix the fiber. A notice will be sent when service is restored.

A list of text numbers for County divisions. The full list is available at frederickcountymd.gov


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