Familiarize your household with tips to ensure that 9-1-1 call takers can process your emergency calls efficiently.

Text to 911 now available in Washington, DC.

Residents are urged to call 911 when they can, and text 911 when they can’t.

Once you have received CPR training, get alerted to sudden cardiac arrests in your immediate vicinity, so that you can start CPR in the critical lifesaving minutes before EMS teams arrive. Download the PulsePoint App to your smartphone.  

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Connecting 911 callers with medical needs to the most appropriate health care. 

Dial 311, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to request scheduled services such as trash removal, repair of potholes, bulk pickups and recycling. To reach 311 from outside the city dial (202) 737-4404.

The Office of Unified Communications (OUC) provides critical public safety services to residents and visitors of the nation’s capital.