For decades, Snohomish County citizens have been told to
call 911 for emergency and non-emergency calls. This included emergency life
and death calls, calls about suspicious activity, calls for animal control.
Effective on June 1, both SNOPAC and SNOCOM, the two 911
agencies in Snohomish County, will institute non-emergency phone numbers. The
non-emergency numbers are intended for non-life threatening situations that
have no immediate danger to life or property. The purpose of the non-emergency
number is to reduce potential delays on the 911 line while continuing to
provide service for non-emergency matters.
Some situations to call the non-emergency numbers include
reporting found property, reporting suspicious activity that is not in
progress, reporting the discovery of a burglary or theft not in progress or
when you do not have suspect information, illegal fireworks, noise complaint,
reporting an abandoned vehicle.
Call 911 when you have an emergency situation such as a life
threatening medical situation, robbery/burglary/car prowl in progress, a
suicide attempt in progress.
If you are not sure if your situation is an emergency call
911.
To report a power outage, call the Snohomish County PUD at
(425) 783-1001. Call 911 if power lines are down on a street or road or
otherwise causing a danger.
The Non-emergency phone numbers are:
SNOPAC- (425) 407-3999
SNOCOM- (425) 775-3000
SNOPAC services police and fire agencies such as the
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and the Everett Police Department. For a
complete list of the agencies that it services go to http://www.snopac911.us/MemberAgencies.html.
SNOCOM services police and fire agencies in the southwest
portion of Snohomish County. For a list of agencies that it supports go to http://www.snocom.org/.
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office:
Mill Creek Beacon:
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