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Friday, August 14, 2009

Texting 9-1-1?—NO WAY!

From Washington State Emergency News/Enhanced 9-1-1

If you have an emergency, calldon’t text—9-1-1 on your phone. Washington State’s current 9-1-1 telephone system is designed around voice communications. Until upgrades are in place, Washington’s 9-1-1 system cannot deliver text data to 9-1-1 call centers around the state. So for now, if you have an emergency, you must make a voice call to 9-1-1 and be ready to provide your name, location and type of emergency. For more information on this subject, you are encouraged to contact your local County 9-1-1 program or your local 9-1-1 public education coordinator.

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