The 911 system failed during the 2010 Marshall, Michigan, Enbridge pipeline breach, according to the full report in the incident released by the US National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB report says the 911 operators in Michigan dismissed eight calls reporting gas or petroleum odours over a period of 14 hours between the initial report […]
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US NTSB to pipeline companies: Call 911 in an emergency
June 29, 2011
It sounds obvious. In an emergency (in most of North America) dial 911. Only according a US National Transportation Safety Board Report dated June 8 and released today, Pacific Gas and Electric didn't call 911 in California at the time of a major pipeline breach and fire on Sept. 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California […]