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9-1-1 Service for SunComm Operational – Service Testing Continues

Posted on December 28, 2018

Emergency calls to 9-1-1 are directly reaching the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County, but additional testing is being conducted to ensure intermittent outages experienced early this morning after a major outage occurred last night are completely resolved. If an outage occurs again, or if anyone calling 9-1-1 gets a […]

9-1-1 Service Restored to SunComm

Posted on December 28, 2018

Emergency calls to 9-1-1 are again directly reaching the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County. On Thursday evening, an outage that originated with CenturyLink resulted in SunComm switching to a backup phone number. Emergencies could also be reported during the outage by texting 9-1-1. The outage affected 9-1-1 calling capabilities […]

SunComm Affected by 9-1-1 Outage Occurring Across U.S.

Posted on December 27, 2018 (December 27, 2018)

Emergency calls to 9-1-1 at the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County is being affected by an outage that is being attributed to an as yet undetermined issue originating with Century Link. Until the Century Link issues are resolved, people in Yakima County can call 509-457-0207. Calls will then be […]

Christmas Evening Fire Destroys Abandoned North 6th Avenue House

Posted on December 26, 2018 (December 26, 2018)

At about 8:40 pm on Christmas day, Yakima Fire Department (“YFD”) crews responded to a fire call at a house in the 1000 block of North 6th Avenue. Flames from the fire were reported to be visible from several blocks away. No one was living in the house at the time of the fire. Once […]

Apartment Building Evacuated Due to Cooking Oil Fire

Posted on December 24, 2018 (December 24, 2018)

City of Yakima firefighters were called to a structure fire early this morning, Monday, involving a 4-unit apartment building at 407 South 81st Avenue. The fire occurred at 12:21 am today when a resident in one of the apartments was cooking with a pan of oil on the stove. When the stove caught fire, she […]