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SEATTLE (AP) — Emergency 911 phone service has been restored in Washington after a six-hour statewide outage.

Emergency 911 service is down in most of the state of Washington.

Benton County Emergency Management, along with the Benton County Sheriff's Office, Washington State Patrol, Richland Police Department, Richland, Kennewick and Pasco fire departments, Benton County Fire Protection Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, Franklin County Fire Protection District 3, Walla Walla Fire Protection District 5 and Hanford Fire are participating in the response to the explosion at Will

The tiered response was a program started in 2013 by Yakima County as a way to help save lives and resources.

The Yakima Valley office of Emergency Management is looking to institute a county wide alert system.

It is no doubt a firefighter's first responsibility is to save human lives in a fire. Today, Yakima firefighters will be trained in how to treat pets in an emergency. Yakima firefighters and other first responders will do the training at the Yakima Veterinary Clinic on South 40th Avenue...

If Rimrock Dam was to fail after a big earthquake, downtown Yakima and the cities of Wapato and Toppenish would be under water. It would be a major emergency. The Yakima County Office of Emergency Management wants to be prepared just in case that ever does happen...

The week of April 8-14, 2012 is National Telecommunicator Week, intended to honor the first link in the chain of emergency police, fire and medical responses. On Thursday April 12, 2012, from 9am to 4pm the Washington State Patrol Communications Division will have a display of equipment used by dispatchers in the State Patrol and public education material for calling 9-1-1...

Not watching out for emergency crews and vehicles could cost you big bucks!