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  2. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

  3. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    A police radio dispatcher's desk from the Netherlands. Emergency service response codes are predefined systems used by emergency services to describe the priority and response assigned to calls for service. Response codes vary from country to country, jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and even agency to agency, with different methods used to ...

  4. Emergency medical dispatcher - Wikipedia

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    9-1-1 emergency dispatch center. An emergency medical dispatcher is a professional telecommunicator, tasked with the gathering of information related to medical emergencies, the provision of assistance and instructions by voice, prior to the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS), and the dispatching and support of EMS resources responding to an emergency call.

  5. Emergency text messaging services - Wikipedia

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    311, the non-emergency number in North America. 911 Tapping Protocol, a New York City initiative to provide viable alternatives to voice-based emergency calls for the impaired. Emergency medical dispatcher, a professional tele-communicator tasked with organising responses for medical emergencies

  6. Test of US emergency system to briefly hit cellphones ... - AOL

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    The United States will conduct a test of its emergency warning system on Wednesday, sending alerts across cellphones, radio and television to millions of Americans. The Federal Emergency ...

  7. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    An emergency telephone number call may be answered by either a telephone operator or an emergency service dispatcher. The nature of the emergency (police, fire, medical, coast guard) is then determined. If the call has been answered by a telephone operator, they then connect the call to the appropriate emergency service, who then dispatches the ...

  8. US 911 emergency call line outage resolved in some areas

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    US 911 emergency call line outage resolved in some areas. Abinaya V. April 18, 2024 at 9:23 AM. By Abinaya V ... Authorities had also asked people not to call 911 as a test.

  9. Emergency medical dispatch - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) refers to a system that enhances services provided by Public Safety Answering Point (emergency) call takers, such as municipal emergency services dispatchers. It does so by allowing the call taker to quickly narrow down the caller's type of medical or trauma situation, so as to better dispatch emergency services ...