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Emergency - get help from your mobile
lee celtic:
I havn't heard of it before ,sounds like a good idea :dance:
Unless vanilla ice turns up at the hospital :shock:
madmatt:
its at least 3 years since I stored names as ice. If you have to dial emergency srvices froom a mobile use 112, it will connect you to the network with the most reception. not necessarily your own network, also its easier for them to trace your location from a 112 call
Lee_D:
Nope - 112 is just the european emergency services number much like 911 is in the US. Just happens that the systems in the UK also recognise 112 as well as 999. Which ever you dial you still go through to the nearest mast which then dictates which counties emergency service on verbal request you get put through to... so for instance if the mast is just inside Wiggingshire but you call from 30 ft inside wobbleshire... just over the border for arguments sake, and ask for the police you will get automatically put through to Wiggingshire by the operators as that is the default - they have no idea where you are and only ask which service you require.
Fortunately this rarely comes up as an issue or as what we call a misrouted 999 (or 112 - it makes no difference to us!) and will result in a delay while Wigginshire Police pass the details to Wobbleshire police.
Please note :- The names of the Police forces have been changed to protect the innocent! :lol:
auf_wiedersehen_pet:
--- Quote from: Lee_D on June 06, 2008, 21:30:17 ---Please note :- The names of the Police forces have been changed to protect the innocent! :lol:
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No way! I was born in Wobbleshire!
:P
madmatt:
Lee you obviously know better so I'll stand corrected. the info I posted was stated on 2 seperate courses at work a first aid one ran by a large voluntry ambulance service. and a chainsaw course ran by the National prificency test council.
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