On April 17, temporary outages affected 911 emergency services in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Texas. The outages, caused by a fiber line cut during light pole installation in Missouri, prevented some from calling or connecting to 911. Alternatives for contacting emergency services during outages include Text-to-911 (available in 19 states), using non-emergency or alternative numbers for local agencies, and monitoring text alerts or social media notifications from first responders.