Sedona Fire District’s non-emergency phones down until Sept. 241 min read

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Christopher Fox Graham
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Sedona Fire District’s Station 4 opened in August 1972. A 2017 report stated it would cost $4.45 million to $4.95 million to “raze and rebuild” the station that had “critical safety and structural issues.” Sedona voters rejected a $17.9 million bond in 2017. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers

Sedona Fire District’s phone system has limited capabilities and is operating on backup servers, according to a press release sent out at 12:54 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22

The emergency response capabilities of SFD, including 911 are not affected by this problem.

SFD is experiencing telephone difficulties due to aging, unsupported equipment that is no longer functional. SFD is awaiting the installation of a new telephone equipment to replace the system currently in place.

“As with all things, the supply chain problems are affecting delivery dates and the updates necessary to maintain the level of service that
Sedona Fire supports and the public expects,” SFD stated in the release.

The district phone system will be down until Saturday, Sept. 24.

If you would like more information about this topic please call SFD Fire Chief Ed Mezulis at 928-963-1330 or emezulis@sedonafire.org

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Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism, media law and the First Amendment and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."

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