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[mjwalsh]

Originally Posted by andrewmd

all my employees has cell phone, do we need to set-up something in order to send signal to local 911 police station from a cell phone?

Andrew,

With 9-1-1 on screen as a standby would be one way to just have it so only a quick touch of the "send" would be required. I wonder if anybody has pre programmed numbers with their speed dial function?

MikeW

[STOUT]

As far as I understand if a 911 call comes in on a cell phone it shows the phone #. IT does NOT show the address of where the call is placed from.
A land line phone will show the # and address. This is a much better security.
Even if it is a 911 hangup on a land line at least the dispatch center will know where to send responding officers. Not so on a cell phone.

[DaveLevenson]

The location data provided to the PSAP (public safety answering position) by your cellular service provider is supposed to include your GPS coordinates. The FCC requires this, but gave individual cellular service providers some time before compliance is enforced. Ask your cellular service provider what location data they provide in your area.

[mjwalsh]

Originally Posted by DaveLevenson

The location data provided to the PSAP (public safety answering position) by your cellular service provider is supposed to include your GPS coordinates. The FCC requires this, but gave individual cellular service providers some time before compliance is enforced. Ask your cellular service provider what location data they provide in your area.

Dave,

Excellent point. Based on when I was in the countryside close to Bismarck I saw an unsupervised fire raging. The 911 person still wanted the mile marker address or a house address intersection or whatever because there are cell areas where the GPS apparently does not work that great.

I guess it is still a "work in progress" across the country. As conservative as I tend to be --- when the local vote came up for support of 911 --- I did give a "yea" on that specific ballot!

mike walsh king koin of bismarck