911 Education

HOW 911 WORKS IN MILWAUKEE City Jof Milwaukee 911 calls from cell phones and landlines get to first responders in different ways. Both must go through a series of complex systems to get the call and its location information to the 911 center in a matter of seconds. OC (911 911 calls go first to the POLICE DEPARTMENT MEDICAL 911 calls ALWAYS take first priority POLICE MPD CALL TAKER MPD DISPATCHER NON-EMERGENCY 933-4444 If Fire or Medical help is needed, the call is transferred to the FIRE DEPARTMENT If there are no available Call Takers, WAIT IN QUE FIRE NON-EMERGENCY 286-8999 911 MFD CALL TAKER MFD DISPATCHER THE NUMBER TO KNOW 000 POLICE FIRE