Fluvanna County is reporting that some residents may have trouble calling 911 and other non-emergency phone lines due to an internet outage. A FAN Mail was sent out through email at 10:12 a.m.
“Citizens may have no or limited ability to make outgoing calls using traditional landline phones and that 911 calls from traditional landlines may not be reaching the Communications Center,” reads the message.
Service was restored later in the afternoon.
“As of approximately 4:00 PM, the Emergency Communications Center has been notified by Brightspeed that the service issue has been identified and corrected,” reads an email sent out at 4:27 p.m. “Citizens should find that the ability to call 911 from their landline telephone is working properly again.”
Residents were instead asked to call the numbers for the Sheriff’s Office directly. These are 434-589-8211 or 434-589-8212. That agency put out a notice at 9:24 a.m. this morning.
“The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office is asking that this information be shared across the community so that our citizens are fully informed of how to summon emergency and non-emergency assistance during this time,” reads that information release authorized by Major Aaron Hurd. “Law Enforcement, Fire and Emergency Services resources are available and are responding normally to all calls received.”
Additionally, Fluvanna’s ECC activated two additional numbers at 434-962-1761 and 434- 962-2894.
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a budget work session tonight and as of 11:15 a.m., this meeting is still scheduled for 5:30 p.m. However, county offices are closed so this may likely change.
Last night’s meeting of the Fluvanna Planning Commission was canceled and will be rescheduled for February 18. That means you have extra time to learn about the four public hearings. Take a look at this story on Information Charlottesville.
This story was updated when I received notification that service had been restored.