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EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE.
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) conducted a three-day review of the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and Milwaukee Fire Department’s (MFD) 911/ dispatch center operations on August 1-3, 2017, to develop a general overview of their operations and to serve as the basis for this assessment and recommendations for organizational change. The scope and parameters of this assessment were based on conversations with the Policy and Communications Director of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission.
You should call 911 when your situation fits one of the items on the 911 "Reasons to Call" list above and to the right. But if your situation is not included in that list, you can call the numbers below.
There is a version of this web page in a printable brochure format available for downloading.
Visit the national 911 education web site.
You can contact the Fire and Police Commission to submit a complaint either by phone at 414-286-5000 or online at milwaukee.gov/fpc/complaints.
A life threatening situation
A threat to a person’s life
Medical attention that is required
A person who is hurt or in danger
A crime in progress
Stay on the line with the operator - DO NOT HANG UP.
Provide the exact location of the emergency.
Stay as calm as possible and describe the emergency.
Provide your name, phone number and any descriptions of the suspects and/or victims.
Answer the operator's questions as best as you can.
Wait for the operator to instruct you to hang up.
You can call ANONYMOUSLY.