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2. Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act - Wikipedia

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   To ensure a comprehensive approach to emergency service throughout the country, the 911 Act directs the FCC to make 911 the universal emergency number for wireline and wireless telephone service and to establish appropriate transition periods for areas in which 911 is not in use as an emergency telephone number on the date of enactment of the ...

3. 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.

4. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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   An emergency telephone number is a number that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly. Some countries have a different emergency number for each of the different emergency ...

5. Emergency communication system - Wikipedia

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   [45] 911 operators were overwhelmed with calls and could do little more than offer encouragement because of the confusing information they were receiving. [46] [47] Communications between emergency services personnel were limited by a lack of interoperability between departments. [48]

6. Breitling Emergency - Wikipedia

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   The Breitling Emergency is a luxury watch produced by Breitling SA. It contains a radio transmitter for civil aviation use, which broadcasts on the 121.5 MHz distress frequency and serves as a backup for ELT -type airborne beacons. [ 1 ]

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

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   (Reuters) -Emergency services on the 911 telephone call line were restored late on Wednesday in parts of the United States, officials said, following a widespread outage across all of South Dakota ...