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Mangano: Storm-related calls swamp Nassau's 911 system

Originally published: March 14, 2010 9:51 PM
Updated: March 14, 2010 10:54 PM
By WILL VAN SANT  will.vansant@newsday.com

Quick ReadMangano said the 911 system handles an average of 2,200 calls daily. Saturday that soared to about 10,000.

Gary Marsicovetere talks about the tree that toppled

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams | Gary Marsicovetere talks about the tree that toppled on his Wantagh home Saturday night. (March 14, 2010)

A review of Nassau's 911 system is needed, County Executive Edward Mangano said Sunday after callers overwhelmed it during Saturday's storm, causing answering delays and the routing of some calls to Albany.

Mangano said the 911 system handles an average of 2,200 calls daily. Saturday that soared to about 10,000, he said, many of them generated by the ferocious nor'easter. In a typical week,...

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