Skip to content
Washington 211 home page

Emergency Services offered by King County 911

Report

Resource Name:Emergency Services offered by King County 911

Eligibility

Examples of when to call 911 include:
  • A serious medical emergency (chest pains, seizures, bleeding, etc.)
  • Any type of fire (structure, vehicle, brush, etc.)
  • Any crime in-progress (robbery, burglary, prowler, fights, etc.)
  • Any other life threatening situations (traffic accident with injuries, etc.)

Hours

24 hours daily. Office hours: 7am-4pm.

Voice

Application process

For all 911 calls you will be asked for
  • The location of the emergency
  • The phone number you are calling from and
  • The nature of your emergency.
Once the nature of the emergency is established, the call receiver will ask you questions pertaining to your emergency and may give you pre-arrival instructions in the case of a medical emergency.  

Fees

None.

Service area

King, WA

Other Information

Languages

  • Interpreter services
Provides emergency response from police, fire, or emergency medical personnel. Calls are routed to 12 different centers that answer calls for 77 police and fire agencies in King County. This selective routing is based on the address for wireline and internet/broadband telephones and is based on the cell site that processes the call for wireless phones.

Data provided by

Washington 211

What's Here

911 Services

Providing organization

King County 911
Deploys and maintains the technical infrastructure that enables the 911 call service, providing public education and training as to the proper use of 911 services, administering the 911 excise tax fund, engaging with law makers at the local, state, and federal level, and supporting the 11 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) serving the community members and visitors of King County.
Emergency Services offered by King County 911