{
  "id": "2026-06-15-washington-state-university-911-outage",
  "slug": "washington-state-university-911-outage-2026-06-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Washington State University",
    "shortName": "WSU",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "WSU Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-15",
    "type": "infrastructure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "911 outage with alternate emergency number",
    "headlinePublic": "911 outage with alternate emergency number",
    "summary": "WSU [posted that 911 serving Whitman County, Pullman, and Moscow was out and to call 509-332-2521 for emergency assistance](https://alert.wsu.edu/2026/06/15/911-outage-in-whitman-county-pullman-and-moscow/), then [said 911 service had been reestablished](https://alert.wsu.edu/2026/06/15/911-outage-in-whitman-county-pullman-and-moscow/).",
    "outcome": "911 service restored the same day."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-06-15",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "911 servicing Whitman County, Pullman, and Moscow Idaho is currently experiencing an outage. If you require emergency assistance, call 509-332-2521.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alert.wsu.edu/2026/06/15/911-outage-in-whitman-county-pullman-and-moscow/",
      "sourceDescription": "WSU Alert: 911 outage in Whitman County, Pullman and Moscow",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent WP REST fetch 2026-08-24. sha256 9379b5c18d466e476015d1bc5c5769a5163fb145c70b8f0c1654b7e59d641b7b. Original outage paragraph on the edited post (restore sentence is sequence 2). SPN 429."
      ],
      "characterCount": 148
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-06-15T15:59:57-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: 911 services have been reestablished. Thanks for your patience.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alert.wsu.edu/2026/06/15/911-outage-in-whitman-county-pullman-and-moscow/",
      "sourceDescription": "WSU Alert: 911 services reestablished",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent WP REST fetch 2026-08-24. sha256 19d817ef165d30d4b98d11325272ce34dbec3a029df243db38a2e26392c64341. UPDATE paragraph on the same post. SPN 429."
      ],
      "characterCount": 71
    }
  ],
  "context": "WSU posted the notice on [alert.wsu.edu](https://alert.wsu.edu/2026/06/15/911-outage-in-whitman-county-pullman-and-moscow/). High-wind warning and Aug 28 2025 CUB swatting posts on the same site remain queued.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "911 serving Pullman and Whitman County was out; callers were directed to 509-332-2521.",
    "A same-day update said 911 service had been reestablished."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPDATE: 911 Outage in Whitman County, Pullman and Moscow",
      "url": "https://alert.wsu.edu/2026/06/15/911-outage-in-whitman-county-pullman-and-moscow/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "washington",
    "wsu",
    "infrastructure",
    "emergency-notification",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}