Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Bemidji/Cass Lake Area Phone Service Outage

June 8th, 2011

The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office Communications Center has been notified of a phone service outage affecting some phone lines in the Bemidji and Cass Lake areas.  Phone technicians are looking into the problem that is affecting phone calls to and from some land-lines including long distance service and some land-line to cell phone service.  At this time there is no estimated time of repair.  Callers are hearing a busy signal when trying to make out going phone calls.  911 service is not impacted by this service outage, but callers attempting to dial the non-emergency number may not be able to get through.  If your call is an emergency or needs to be handled urgently please dial 911 to reach the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office or Bemidji Police Department.

Citizens with phone service should continue to use 218-333-9111 for non-emergency calls.

Christopher Muller

~Christopher Muller
Assistant Emergency Management Director /
911 Communications Team Leader /
Law Enforcement Center TAC

Beltrami County Sheriff's Office
613 Minnesota Ave NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
ph.218-333-8386
chris.muller@co.beltrami.mn.us<mailto:chris.muller@co.beltrami.mn.us>