A private notification system designed to communicate 9-1-1 information to preselected recipients, such as family and friends, identified by a subscriber to the system. The system includes a communications bridge receiving identifying information about a person placing a 9-1-1 call, a private command control center receiving the identifying information from the communications bridge, and a notification database accessible by the command control center to provide subscriber data corresponding to the identifying information. One embodiment of the system operates in conjunction with a public safety access point.