> ## Content Index
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> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Call Waiting
- URL: https://www.theportlandporch.com/projects/call-waiting/
- Published: 2026-09-15T16:52:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T16:52:36.000Z
- Description: Follow response definitions, infrastructure, geography, and the records still needed to account for the wait.
- Author: Kaitlin Quinn
- Tags: #porch-type-project, #porch-id-call-waiting, 911 & Public Safety, #porch-kind-collection, #porch-provenance-kaitlin, #porch-status-active, #porch-place-portland, #porch-keyword-911, #porch-keyword-ng911, #porch-keyword-boec, #porch-keyword-sandy-boulevard, #porch-keyword-i-5, #porch-keyword-response, #porch-keyword-portland-911, #Import 2026-09-15 16:23

What happens between a 911 call and help arriving?

Follow response definitions, infrastructure, geography, and the records still needed to account for the wait.

[Explore the project →](https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e1443e9f8bca4a78aee02c74be7a9831?ref=theportlandporch.com)

The investigation keeps its existing application, research pages, and source record. The Porch provides a place to begin and follow related work.

## What this can tell you

Retains the published September 13 research release and its source-linked explanations; no new incident-level response estimates are added by the Porch.

## Sources and limits

### Creator

Kaitlin Quinn

### Provenance

Built by Kaitlin

### Data owner

City of Portland and individually attributed source publishers

### Coverage

Portland, Oregon; source-specific coverage may differ

### Data date

Not established; see the source

### Last source check

2026-09-14

### Updates

No fixed schedule promised; see source dates

### Limits

The Sandy case has no matched official incident in the recovered work. No verified official duration or numerical I-5 closure effect is available. The existing analytical map remains limited.

### Authority

Independent research using agency-published sources

### Reuse

Underlying data retain their source terms; no blanket reuse license is granted here.

[CALL WAITING · Sources + methods →](https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e1443e9f8bca4a78aee02c74be7a9831/page/page%5F15?ref=theportlandporch.com)

A source check is a check of access and metadata. It does not establish that every feature is current.

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