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  2. When should you call 911? - AOL

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    When in doubt, you should always call 911, Dr. Russ Kino, an emergency medicine specialist medical director of the Weingart Foundation Emergency Department at Providence Saint John's Health Center ...

  3. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with no lights or sirens.

  4. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    [25] [26] The Department of Homeland Security's SAFECOM program, established in response to communication problems experienced during the September 11 attacks also advises local agencies on how and why to transition to plain language, [27] and their use is expressly forbidden in the nationally standardized Incident Command System, as is the use ...

  5. What happens when you call 911 in Milwaukee? How are calls ...

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    What happens when you call 911? Once the city receives a 911 call, a dispatcher answers. That person determines if police response is needed or if the call should be directed to the fire department.

  6. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    Often the system is set up so that once a call is made to an emergency telephone number, it must be answered. Should the caller abandon the call, the line may still be held until the emergency service answers and releases the call. An emergency telephone number call may be answered by either a telephone operator or an emergency service dispatcher.

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

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    The Canyon and Ada sheriff’s offices still encourage people to call 911 when feasible because calls typically allow for a faster response time and easier time determining a person’s location ...

  8. 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.

  9. Most kids struggle to recognize an emergency and call 911 ...

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