GILMER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 706-635-4162 Stacy L. Nicholson, Sheriff

9-1-1 dates back to 1967 when the US Congress and the help of Indiana Representative Ed Roush, backed the proposal and passed legislation making 9-1-1 a standard nationwide emergency number. The first 9-1-1 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama on February 16, 1968 by Senator Rankin Fite of Alabama. By the end of the 20th Century 93% of the population of the US has 9-1-1 coverage. Why 9-1-1? There is no sound theory as to why those numbers but a few theories that were found were that AT&T created and implemented 4-1-1 and 6-1-1 two years earlier, that 9-1-1 was easy to find on a rotary phone, and that Britain’s long time use of 9-9-9 as an emergency number.