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#9-1-1call routing's done by third party contractors. They screw up. Therefore, keep this list handy for when #911fails in #Oregon & plug your local #PSAP numbers into your phone as well as the #OregonStatePolice North/South numbers (for reporting highway trouble). https://www.oregon.gov/oem/Documents/OEM_PSAP_Directory.pdf
Any trouble on Interstate or state highways _by_law_ must be dispatched by #OSP so dialing them direct saves time. And 9-1-1 does fail https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/multistate-911-outage-shows-fragility-systems-experts-say-rcna148475
https://www.oregon.gov/oem/Documents/z3-9-1-1_outage_procedures.pdf
https://blavity.com/what-is-a-911-outage