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I was involved in the building of the 911 system for my country. When doing that, we had to design it with this in mind. If the system ever fell down, the oper

I was involved in the building of the 911 system for my country. When doing that, we had to design it with this in mind. If the system ever fell down, the operators had standard templated papers they would fill, and once the system would be back up they would add the case data back in.

tonymet 2y ago
Thank you for investing in that it will definitely pay off.
ilamont 2y ago
In many parts of the US, there are still red "call boxes" in working order and maintained as a backup to the 911 system, and was actually used when Massachusetts' 911 system went down last week: “The current 911 system is down statewide, if you have an emergency and need assistance pull your nearest Fire Box, or call the Boston Fire Department at 617-343-2880. You can also get assistance by going to your nearest Firehouse,” the post read. Police Commissioner and Boston Police Chief Michael Cox said earlier Tuesday that residents looking to contact officials while the 911 system was down could call local police departments for assistance, and pull the local red call box on streets and corners to alert fire/EMS. https://www.kake.com/story/50917965/statewide-911-system-outage-in-massachusetts-is-resolved-officials-say https://www.kake.com/story/50917965/statewide-911-system-out... The technology, patented by Gamewell in the 1880s, is based on telegraph technology from the mid 1800s - you pull the handle, it releases a notched disc which starts spinning and transmitting a number to the central fire command. The number corresponds to a street address and emergency services will be alerted. Old call box still in working order: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5bwxFoJc56/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5bwxFoJc56/
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iso8859-1 2y ago
Why say "my country"? There are less than 300 countries world wide, people should know all of them.
- advisedwang 2y ago
  Probably because they don't want to say what country they are in, for privacy.

tonymet 2y ago

Thank you for investing in that it will definitely pay off.

ilamont 2y ago

In many parts of the US, there are still red "call boxes" in working order and maintained as a backup to the 911 system, and was actually used when Massachusetts' 911 system went down last week: “The current 911 system is down statewide, if you have an emergency and need assistance pull your nearest Fire Box, or call the Boston Fire Department at 617-343-2880. You can also get assistance by going to your nearest Firehouse,” the post read. Police Commissioner and Boston Police Chief Michael Cox said earlier Tuesday that residents looking to contact officials while the 911 system was down could call local police departments for assistance, and pull the local red call box on streets and corners to alert fire/EMS. https://www.kake.com/story/50917965/statewide-911-system-outage-in-massachusetts-is-resolved-officials-say https://www.kake.com/story/50917965/statewide-911-system-out... The technology, patented by Gamewell in the 1880s, is based on telegraph technology from the mid 1800s - you pull the handle, it releases a notched disc which starts spinning and transmitting a number to the central fire command. The number corresponds to a street address and emergency services will be alerted. Old call box still in working order: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5bwxFoJc56/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5bwxFoJc56/

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iso8859-1 2y ago

Why say "my country"? There are less than 300 countries world wide, people should know all of them.

advisedwang 2y ago
Probably because they don't want to say what country they are in, for privacy.