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Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Post by nknight »

huhtenberg wrote: post #18
adrianwaj wrote: post #9

Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?

Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything. PS. 112 in Europe. (edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not…

If you can dial 911, don't just hang up, the response to that will vary from one place to another, even from one dispatcher to another. You need to find some way to make clear you're in trouble.

Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

huhtenberg wrote: post #18
adrianwaj wrote: post #9

Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?

Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything. PS. 112 in Europe. (edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not…

FYI, 112 will actually work on /any/ GSM phone, no matter where you are (provided there's GSM reception in your area, naturally). It's part of the GSM standard; 112 is supposed to redirect to whatever your local emergency line is.

Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Post by Mz »

codedivine wrote: post #26

Technorati people, in case you are reading this, it might help to post more than one photo of her. Sometimes, it is hard to remember or recognize faces, when you have only seen one photo. I hope everything turns out all right.

And post different angles if possible (front, profile, etc). It matters.

Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Post by raphman »

iaskwhy wrote: post #19
huhtenberg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything. PS. 112 in Europe. (edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not…

I'm not sure how it works on all European countries but at least on my home country if you do call 112 and hang up nothing is going to happen. If you call 112 and say something and the call gets cut for some reason nothing is going to happen either...

German anecdote: A few years ago my 2yr old son seems to have dialed 112 by accident. We learned about this a minute later when the fire department called back to check if we needed help.

Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Post by SkyMarshal »

nknight wrote: post #21
huhtenberg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything. PS. 112 in Europe. (edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not…

If you can dial 911, don't just hang up, the response to that will vary from one place to another, even from one dispatcher to another. You need to find some way to make clear you're in trouble.

Yeah, probably better to just stay on the line, even if you have to keep your phone in your pocket or bag or whatever.

Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee

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Post by bbk »

huhtenberg wrote: post #18
adrianwaj wrote: post #9

Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?

Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything. PS. 112 in Europe. (edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not…

> PS. 112 in Europe.

This explains. My old phone with a physical keyboard would allow me to dial 112 even when it was locked.

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