Penningotn County 911

UPDATE 9:55 p.m. - 911 services have been restored. We remind you, please do not call 911 to test if it is working. Please call only in the event of an emergency. 

RAPID CITY, S.D. — 911 services are down across the entire state of South Dakota, according to the Rapid City Police Department. There is no word on the cause of the outage, or how long it will be until service is restored.

The Rapid City Police Department advises residents of Rapid City and Pennington County to use 605-394-4131 or 605-394-2151 to contact dispatch for incidents requiring assistance from first responders.

Residents in other counties should contact their local police dispatchers using regular published 10-digit phone numbers.

This is a developing story. NewsCenter1 will provide updated information as it becomes available.

In the meantime, texting 911 is still an option. 

The numbers below have been provided for people to reach out to their respective agencies for situations that require first responders. 

Pennington County: 605-394-4131 or 605-394-2151

Harding County:     605-375-3414

Custer County:       605-673-8176

Meade County:       605-347-2681

Lawrence County:   605-578-2230

Butte County:         605-892-3324

Fall River County:   605-745-5155

OST:                      605-867-5111

Bennett County      605-842-1014

Ziebach County      605-365-5177

Haakon County       605-859-2741

Perkins County       605-244-5243

Jackson County      605-837-2285 or 605-394-2391

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Chris is a 1981 graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

His first job in broadcasting was as a high school volunteer at the Armed Forces Television station in Berlin, West Germany. Chris has worked in local and network newsrooms for more than 20 years, including WFSB-TV in Hartford, Conn., KMOV-TV in St. Louis, Mo., CNN Headline News in Atlanta, Ga., and NBC News Channel (NBC News’s video feed service for its affiliates) in Charlotte, N.C., and Washington, D.C.

In addition, Chris, who is a private pilot, has worked as media relations director for two aviation associations.

Chris is a second generation journalist. His father, John Dancy, was an NBC News correspondent for 30 years, where he covered the Carter White House, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. State Department, the 1963 March on Washington, and numerous Apollo space missions.

Chris moved to Rapid City to be close to family. He has two grown sons.