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Nassau County’s 911 System Swamped in Storm
Nassau County officials are meeting to analyze why the county’s 911 system became overloaded during the weekend Nor’easter.
County Executive Edward Mangano has ordered an immediate review.
During the height of the storm, Mangano says some of the estimated 10,000 Nassau County 911 calls were transferred. They landed in emergency centers in nearby Suffolk County — or as far away as Albany. Typically, the system gets about 2,200 calls a day.
Mangano says officials “cannot let another day pass by without addressing this situation.”
He was expected to meet with emergency management officials on Monday to determine why the system was swamped.
New York City experienced the second-highest volume of 911 calls ever in a 24-hour period — 65,000 between 11 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Saturday.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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