The Daily Herald
Following the regional communications outage caused by the detonation of a bomb in downtown Nashville, residents of southern Middle Tennessee are being called to sign up for the county’s local emergency alert systems as officials continue to review the event.
Maury County Emergency Management Director Jeff Hardy said the region s established radio system and a quick change to backup emergency phone numbers, contributed to no calls going unanswered by emergency responders.
In the wake of the event, Hardy encourages local residents to sign up for the county’s emergency on the alert notification system to be prepared if infrastructure is ever threatened in the future.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Four days after the bombing downtown on Christmas Day crippled cell service, internet and even tools for law enforcement across a multistate region, residents in White County, Tennessee, struggled to get through to the emergency communication center.
Though the center s landlines worked and officials pushed out a nonemergency number via social media, the rural county s 911 Emergency Director Suzi Haston said she was shocked wireless services were still out after the bombing damaged an AT&T building more than 90 miles away.
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Nashville bombing reveals US communication networks vulnerability; officials demand answers on how to secure them Meghan Mangrum and Donovan Slack, USA TODAY NETWORK
Police bodycam video shows moments after bomb went off in Nashville
Replay Video UP NEXT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Four days after the bombing downtown on Christmas Day crippled cell service, internet and even tools for law enforcement across a multistate region, residents in White County, Tennessee, struggled to get through to the emergency communication center.
Though the center s landlines worked and officials pushed out a nonemergency number via social media, the rural county s 911 Emergency Director Suzi Haston said she was shocked wireless services were still out after the bombing damaged an AT&T building more than 90 miles away.