#rapidsos

The Manitoba RCMP say they’re not aware of any emergency response that was negatively impacted by the 911 outage that lasted approximately two hours on Wednesday afternoon.

In Brandon, Mayor Jeff Fawcett says they were able to mitigate the interruption with their backup software called RapidSOS.

When you call 9-1-1, every second matters. Through our partnership with Rapid SOS, 9-1-1 dispatchers can access enhanced location information and additional data to help connect people in need of emergency services faster.