{
  "id": "2021-12-09-university-of-washington-911-outage-reported-throughout-region-thursday-aft",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-911-outage-reported-throughout-region-thursday-aft-2021-12-09",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-12-09",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "911 outage reported throughout region Thursday afternoon",
    "headlinePublic": "911 outage reported throughout region Thursday afternoon",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/09/911-outage-reported-throughout-region-thursday-afternoon/) on or about 2021-12-09. Full text is preserved from the official emergency blog.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2021-12-09",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 5:01 p.m.: All clear. 911 service has been restored across the region.\n\nORIGINAL POST at 4:03 p.m.: A 911 system outage throughout the region was reported Thursday afternoon. If you are on campus and need to reach UWPD in an emergency and experience any issues with 911, please call 206-685-8973.\n\nElsewhere in Seattle, if you cannot connect to 911, please call 206-583-2111, 206-625-5011 or text 911 only for emergencies.\n\nPlease do not test 911.\n\nThis website provides alternative phone numbers for emergencies statewide, if needed: https://mil.wa.gov/911-alternative-phone-numbers",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/09/911-outage-reported-throughout-region-thursday-afternoon/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 593,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Washington UW Alert Blog multi-update emergency archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Alert Blog page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "911 outage reported throughout region Thursday afternoon",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/09/911-outage-reported-throughout-region-thursday-afternoon/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "other"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}