9-1-1 SERVICES FOR IROQUOIS COUNTY DISRUPTED WHEN FIBER-OPTIC LINES TO ICOM 911 CUT NEAR STATE ROUTE IL-17

    MON APR 20 2015 ~10:33 AM
    IROQUOIS COUNTY 911
    9-1-1 FIBER OPTIC LINES CUT
    IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS

    FIBER-OPTIC LINE SERVING ICOM 9-1-1 DISPATCH CENTER FOR ISOQUOIS COUNTY APPARENTLY CUT SOMEWHERE ALONG ILLINOIS ROUTE 17 -- POSSIBLY ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

    THE CAUSE OF LINE CUT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED OR RELEASED. ILLINOIS 17 IS MOSTLY A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY ARTERIAL THAT RUNS EAST-WEST JUST NORTH OF IROQUOIS COUNTY. LOCALLY IL 17 PASSES THROUGH KANKAKEE AND TURNS NORTH TO MOMENCE, ILLINOIS.

    ALL 911 CALLS WERE IMMEDIATELY REROUTED THROUGH A BACKUP SYSTEM TO KANKAKEE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DISPATCHING CENTER.

    ICOM DISPATCHES FOR 12 POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND 21 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN IROQUOIS COUNTY, INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF ASHKUM, CLIFTON, GILMAN, ONARGA, AND WATSEKA.

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