New technology can tell 911 dispatchers your location with iPhone and Android
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collected by :Maya Tony
as informed in COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - If you ever have to call 911 from an iPhone or Android, dispatchers in participating 911 call centers are now much better able to pinpoint where you are - and send help faster. The cell phone device and service providers have improved location-finding abilireleation if you're calling 911 in an emergency. "When you call 911, your phone knows you're calling 911, your phone knows the location, and it can then send that to our 911 call-taker," said Bob Finney, director of communications for the Collier County Sheriff's Office. The most important thing in calling 911 is knowing where the emergency is, because then we can get help started, regardless of anything else." His son Chas died from a heart attack in 2012, after there was a delay because Collier County EMS didn't hear the call from dispatch immediately.
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