Mississippi officials urge backup plan after 911 outage

Mississippi officials urge backup plan after 911 outage

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Last week's 911 outage in Mississippi raised some serious concerns. "This did not affect radio communications among any of the sheriff's deputies, the volunteer fire departments, the city police departments or the city firefighters. It did not affect that at all," said Brian Grantham, Rankin County EOC director. He said the outage was caused by a rare double cut in AT&T's fiber optic lines. Once confirmed, emergency teams…