<alert><identifier>17588315370001390592894</identifier><sender>LA_Louisiana_Governor's_Office_of_Homeland_Security_and_Emergency_Preparedness</sender><sent>2025-09-25T16:18:57-04:00</sent><status>Actual</status><msgType>Alert</msgType><scope>Public</scope><code>IPAWSv1.0</code><info><language>en-US</language><category>Safety</category><event>Rapides Parish 911 Outage</event><responseType>Monitor</responseType><urgency>Immediate</urgency><severity>Extreme</severity><certainty>Observed</certainty><eventCode><valueName>SAME</valueName><value>TOE</value></eventCode><effective>2025-09-25T15:55:00-04:00</effective><onset>2025-09-25T15:55:00-04:00</onset><expires>2025-09-26T04:18:57-04:00</expires><senderName>LA_Louisiana_Governor's_Office_of_Homeland_Security_and_Emergency_Preparedness</senderName><description>The Rapides Parish Communications District has issued a 911 Telephone Outage Emergency for all of Rapides Parish beginning at approx. 1330 hours on September 25, 2025. Rapides Parish is currently experienced a lose of service impacting customers using wireless, wireline and VOIP, this includes the ability to dial 911.

There is no alternate number to use as this is impacting all of Louisiana and Mississippi.

Emergency callers can reach the following agencies, if they are not able to get through to 911
Rapides Sheriffs Office - 318-473-6700, Alexandria Police Dept - 318-449-5099
Pineville Police dept - 318-442-6602
Alexandria Fire Dept - 318-441-6620
Pineville Fire - 318-442-4452 

AT&amp;T is working on the outage and will send updates as soon as possible.
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