During National Pet Weekin the US, pet owners across the country are taking time to show some extra love to their pets.At Smart911, we know that pet owners take their animal friends very seriously and it’s no surprise that people are eager to create their Safety Profile to include pet information, after all, you want all members of your family to be protected in an emergency, right?
When searching for an autistic individual who has gone missing or wandered, it is important for the persons searching to tailor search procedures to fit the individual they are looking for.
In May of 2010, Nashville TN was hit with a devastating flood, covering the city in more than 17 inches of rainfall and causing the Cumberland River to crest at 51.86 feet (12 feet above flood stage).Nashville residents were forced to evacuate their homes, seeking shelter for their family members and pets, while having to leave all of their possessions behind.
I just got back from an incredible experience with the Arkansas Association of the Deaf (AAD) and their first statewide Town Hall Meeting. With over 100 citizens in attendance, it was an amazing opportunity to exchange ideas and share experiences about enhancing 9-1-1 emergency service for the deaf and hard of hearing as well as for all citizens.
Before I began working in public safety, I was one of those people who didn’t think about 9-1-1 in my everyday life. I have dialed 9-1-1 once, when a roommate had an accident at home, and I panicked. I remember holding my cell phone in one hand and our landline phone in the other hand and choosing to call 9-1-1 from our landline so that the ambulance would know what house we were in. But now I live in a large complex, and I don’t have a landline. So what can I do to be sure response teams can find me?
There are a number of reasons a call to 9-1-1 may be silent. The majority are accidental and just an unneeded burden on the limited resources of a 9-1-1 center - the most common being a pocket-dial from a cell phone – but those that are for true emergencies present considerable challenges for public safety.
When the 9-1-1 call for actress Demi Moore was released a couple of weeks ago, it prompted a number of public sentiments – concern, ridicule, and jokes at her expense (not to mention calls to restrict the ability of the press to obtain 9-1-1 call recordings).
I have experience both at home and at work with the unique responses that children with special health care needs have. Rapidly changing situations like those in an emergency are especially difficult to process and manage.
To enable a 9-1-1 center and emergency services to better serve their communities, it’s important for citizens to understand the basics of 9-1-1 and what to be prepared for when they make that critical call.
9-1-1 is a number that, I think it’s safe to say, all citizens across the US are familiar with. From senior citizens to small children, those three digits are what you dial if you have an emergency.
