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Emergency Services offered by King County 9-1-1

Eligibility
Examples of when to call 9-1-1 include:
  • A serious medical emergency (chest pains, seizures, bleeding, etc. )
  • Any type of fire (structure, vehicle, brush, etc. )
  • Any crime in-progress (robbery, burglary, prowler, fights, etc. )
  • Any other life threatening situations (traffic accident with injuries, etc. )
Hours
24 hours daily. Office hours: 7am-4pm.
Voice

Languages
Interpreter services
Application process
For all 9-1-1 calls you will be asked for
  • The location of the emergency
  • The phone number you are calling from and
  • The nature of your emergency.
Once the nature of the emergency is established, the call receiver will ask you questions pertaining to your emergency and may give you pre-arrival instructions in the case of a medical emergency.   It is important to speak clearly and to answer all of the questions the call receiver asks you as calmly and completely as possible.  9-1-1 call receivers are trained to ask specific questions that relate to the type of emergency you are experiencing.   While you may be asked many questions, this information is not delaying a response by emergency personnel.   In fact, emergency personnel are typically dispatched as soon as the location and nature of the emergency is known.   The 9-1-1 center will continue to relay the necessary information to the emergency personnel while they ask you questions, and in some cases they may keep you on the phone until help arrives.
Fees
None.
Service area
King, WA

Other Information

Languages

  • Interpreter services
Call 9-1-1 if you need an emergency response from police, fire or emergency medical personnel.   For non-emergencies call your local police or fire department or other appropriate agency.   Calls are routed to 12 different 9-1-1 centers that answer 9-1-1 calls for 77 police and fire agencies in King County. This selective routing is based on the address for wireline and internet/broadband telephones and is based on the cell site that processes the call for wireless phones. Bothell Police Department handles police calls for: Bothell and Lake Forest Park Enumclaw Police Department handles calls for: Enumclaw Police and Fire Issaquah Police Department handles police calls for: Issaquah North Bend Snoqualmie King County Sheriff’s Office- handles police calls for: Beaux Arts Village Burien Carnation Covington Kenmore Maple Valley Metro Transit Newcastle Sammamish SeaTac Shoreline Skykomish Woodinville and Unincorporated King County NORCOM- handles police calls for: Bellevue Clyde Hill Kirkland Medina Mercer Island and FIRE calls for: Bellevue Bothell Duvall Fall City Issaquah Kirkland Mercer Island North Bend Northshore Redmond Shoreline Skykomish Stevens Pass Snoqualmie Snoqualmie Pass Woodinville Port of Seattle Police Department handles police calls for: Port of Seattle   Redmond Police Department handles police calls for: Duvall and Redmond Seattle Police Department handles police calls for: Seattle Seattle Fire Department handles fire calls for: Seattle   University of Washington Police Department handles police calls for: University of Washington Valley Communications Center handles police calls for: Algona, Auburn, Black Diamond, Des Moines, Federal Way, Kent, Pacific, Renton, and Tukwila and FIRE calls for Auburn Algona Black Diamond Burien Des Moines Fairwood Federal Way Kent Maple Valley North Highline Pacific Palmer Renton SeaTac Selleck Skyway Tukwila Vashon Island   Washington State Patrol handles police calls from all state roadways in King County.
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911 Services
Providing organization
King County 9-1-1
Record for tracking 911 related calls.
Emergency Services offered by King County 9-1-1