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ARES Volunteers in Ohio Activate Following Loss of 911, Telephone Services

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ARES volunteers in northeast Ohio activated on January 13 after 911 and other telephone services went down in six counties due to a power failure at a major AT&T center in Akron. The outage was blamed on a burst steam pipe. Cell telephones and the 800-900 MHz digital Multi-Agency Radio Communication System (MARCS) remained functioning.


The Medina County Emergency Management Agency requested ARES...

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