Swick tells Commissioners Branch County 911 not affected by Monday’s outages

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – 911 Director Bob Swick says the statewide 911 outage late Monday afternoon did not affect Branch County operations.

He told the Branch County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday there was an issue with the provider.

Swick said there was a fiber network issue in the Upper Peninsula and 911 Directors around the state are trying to figure out how to prevent this kind of situation in the future.

It’s estimated the 911 outages around Michigan lasted for about 90 minutes. By early evening, everyone was back on line.