Portion of 911 system for Columbiana set to begin Sept. 11

LISBON — Five years after voters approved a measure to enact enhanced 911 phone service in Columbiana, part of the system is set to start Sept. 11.

The start date was picked to salute emergency workers, including those who died in terrorist attacks on the United States on that date in 2001.

Columbiana will become the 85th out of the state’s 88 counties to have countywide 911 service, said Robert Emmons, the county’s 911 director who has been overseeing the project.

The U.S. Census has estimated the county has about 110,542 residents.

The remaining other three counties without the service, Monroe, Meigs, and Noble counties, are much smaller, Emmons said.

Officials at Columbiana County’s Technical Advisory Committee today said the start may be a pre-arranged call into the county commissioner’s office.

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