Jonesboro E911 says they will shut down temporarily at midnight (Wednesday) to work on their emergency operations plan.
E911 Director Jeff Presley sent the notice at 6:51 A.M. on Tuesday. He says during the planned outage, they will be replacing the back-up generator system for 911 which will impact their main power system. He expects the work to take about 3 hours.
During the planned outage, Presley says:
1. All 911 calls will be transferred to Poinsett County 911. Jonesboro dispatchers will be working there to receive calls for Jonesboro & Craighead County.
2. Jonesboro E911 will have a mobile command trailer set-up to dispatch calls for service.
3. Back-up contact phones in place -870-336-7199 or 870-336-7264.
4. Two back-up cell phone lines @ 870-316-4015 & 870-680-2137
5. For Police desk SGT. call 870-935-5657