Re: 911:: Cell Phones and 9-1-1

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/11/2003 11:51:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,

wsblevins@... writes:

> I don't know what county you're in and I don't remember seeing anything on

> >the news in NJ about a 50 car pileup..

>

>

Hi all, gimme a break...maybe it was 49 cars, maybe 55 cars. But yes

Viriginia there is a Santa Claus, and yes old buddy, there was a monumental

pileup. Why do you think 911 didn't work (overloaded) , why do you think my

verizon cell said " Emergency Calls only " (which is a joke because it's

prompting u to call 911). I even tried to call 880 traffic news in the Big

Apple, and guess what, their phones were busy.

A month ago I was in a certain city and saw a 57(mv accident) in the hammer

lane, I called 911 and 911 tried to connect me to the town where the accident

was. But guess what, the phone rang and rang but nobody answered. Finally i

called a police officer friend in another town, told him what happened, and

asked him to use SPEN if he could not get thru by regular landline.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/12/2003 7:42:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,

gryeyes911@... writes:

> Did you know that there is a

> " phantom ring " on cellular until a site is found that

> can handle it - CALLERS think that ring is occurring

> AT A 9-1-1 CENTER but it's just there so the user

> won't think " uh oh, phone not working, try again! "

> There can be multiple user-heard " rings " before a

> wireless 9-1-1 call is delivered to a PSAP.

>

Wow, some post. , thanks for the info. I think yours was the only

valid explanation of why my cell phone kept ring with no answer.

BTW, for the rest of you all, I was married to a 911 dispatcher. Now she's an

ex, but we still friendly. Be that as it may I'm still interested in 911.

My thanks to each and very one of you who responded to my post. Your input

was appreciated.

And yes, once a cop always a cop. Watch your speed if you're riding the roads

of NJ:)

[Guest guest]

Its always nice to know that no matter where in this great land of ours you

are some things are the same all over. Even after the units are on scene

people are calling to tell us about it. Right ?

Al

Bay Co MI

----- Original Message -----

From: " Olmstead " < Massive snip

> And vehicle or vegetation fires along a highway? Boy

> HOWDY do we get the calls! Why do some folks sound so

> disappointed that theirs wasn't the first one to

> report something like that? " Sorry, somebody else got

> the First Report Gold Star! "

[Guest guest]

Appomattox Va does not have 9-1-1 yet. They are working on it but not

available yet. I'm going to apply there as soon as they start hiring for

dispatchers. My thinking is that it takes almost a year to train a good

dispatcher they should start hiring now and by the time they need dispatchers

they'll have good fully trained one's. But then again this would make sense

so they'll wait until they have to have them to start training. Go figure.

tammy