Official City Release
With 817311, reporting City issues has never been easier
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Overview
Fort Worth's Customer Care Division promotes its 817311 text-to-report service for non-emergency city service requests.
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Journalist
LowLow significance — routine or procedural itemThe city describes its Customer Care Division as award-winning but does not name the award or awarding body. A records request for performance metrics — average resolution time, request volume by service category, and closure rates by channel — could test whether the service delivers on that characterization.
Resident
LowLow significance — routine or procedural itemFort Worth residents can report non-emergency city service issues — including broken streetlights, damaged park equipment, graffiti, and stormwater problems — by texting a description to 817311. The system sends a text confirmation when the request is closed.
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Open source →Have you encountered issues with street conditions, park maintenance or any City service? Just text 817311, and you’ll receive award-winning customer service from the City’s 311 Fort Worth Contact Center!
The Customer Care team helps with non-emergency services such as Animal Care & Control, Code Enforcement, Environmental, Forestry, Graffiti, Parking, Public Property Mowing, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Streets, Traffic and inquiries to the City Manager’s Office
Once you see an issue, simply type in what you see, like a streetlight that is not working or park equipment in disrepair. The text message will create a service request in MyFW for one of the City’s departments to fix it. When the request is closed, you will receive a text telling you what was done to complete the request.
The City’s Customer Care Division provides award-winning customer service and is on the cutting edge of the digital transformation of service offerings, delivering a seamless and personalized experience.
Customer Care is made up of two specialized units: the 311 Fort Worth Contact Center and My Fort Worth (MyFW) Services. The division integrates multiple channels of communication with interaction to provide a superior level of care.
Ways to report your issue:
Text your request to 817311
Online
Chat online
Call 311 from your cellphone within city limits
Call 817-392-1234
Report it on the MyFW app
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