When one call 911, how is the call automatically local?

Question

Hypothetically speaking, if someone is living in New York and they call 911, how does the call not go through a hospital in Los Angeles or other city from another state? How does the call automatically transfer to a local hospital in the area one lives in?

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Answer 1

One thing to add, the system isn’t foolproof. Sometimes a 911 center will get calls routed to it from across the country. Rare but not impossible