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  2. Emergency text messaging services - Wikipedia

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    However, in many areas that do not support text-to-911, the message will be directed to a statewide response centre. The National Association of the Deaf and AccesSOS maintain a map of counties providing text-to-911. [19] In August 2009, Waterloo, Iowa, was the first county to begin receiving texts to 911. [20]

  3. Text to 911 goes live, but use with caution - AOL

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    Here's good news: people can now text 911 in an emergency instead of having to call. Definitely helpful, but there are still frustrating limitations to the service. The four major wireless ...

  4. Did you know you could text 911 in an emergency? How it ... - AOL

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    Text to 911 works just like calling 911, but over text rather than voice. For example, if someone were to text 911 while in Ada County, they would receive the reply: “Ada County 911. If you can ...

  5. Next Generation 911 - Wikipedia

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    In addition to calling 911 from a phone, it intends to enable the public to transmit text (see Text-to-911), images, video and data to the 911 center (referred to as a public safety answering point, or PSAP). The initiative also envisions additional types of emergency communications and data transfer. [1]

  6. 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.

  7. 911 outage impacts Central Indiana counties; here's how to ...

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  8. Enhanced 911 - Wikipedia

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    Enhanced 911 (E-911 or E911) is a system used in North America to automatically provide the caller's location to 911 dispatchers. 911 is the universal emergency telephone number in the region. In the European Union, a similar system exists known as E112 (where 112 is the emergency access number) and known as eCall when called by a vehicle.

  9. Text 911: Calling for help without making a call - AOL

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    By Wilson Ring May. 20, 2014 12:49 AM EDT MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Sometimes a voice call to 911 just won't work, such as for deaf people in need of help or in certain domestic violence cases. Now ...