Pennsylvania experienced a statewide intermittent outage of its 911 emergency system starting on July 11, 2025, affecting voice calls to local and county emergency dispatch centers across the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) confirmed the issue and worked with technical experts to resolve it, advising residents to contact their county non-emergency numbers or visit local emergency stations if they could not reach 911. Governor Josh Shapiro was briefed on the situation and assured the public that efforts were underway to restore full service promptly. Officials requested that residents only call 911 for true emergencies and avoid testing the system during the outage. The disruption lasted several hours before 911 services were fully restored by the morning of July 12, 2025. The outage was later attributed to an IT error, according to state officials and media reports.