You Can Now Text 911 in an Emergency: What You Should Know
by Karl Utermohlen | May 15, 2014 4:57 pm
You can now text 911[1] if you have an emergency but there’s no guarantee that your local Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) will answer.
[2]The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is rolling out the text 911 initiative in order to create another method of reporting emergencies. This applies to users of AT&T (T[3]), T-Mobile(TMUS[4]), Verizon (VZ[5]), and Sprint (S[6]) phones.
However, there is one major drawback to the text 911 plan–not all PSAPs are accepting emergency texts at the moment. If you text the number reporting an emergency, there is a possibility that they might respond but you won’t know for sure unless you are positive that your local PSAP accepts emergency texts.
The FCC has created a PDF file[7] that shows what PSAPs are currently accepting 911 texts.
- text 911: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458119,00.asp
- [Image]: https://investorplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/VerizonLogo-e1282588394281.jpg
- T: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=T
- TMUS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TMUS
- VZ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VZ
- S: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=S
- PDF file: http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/text-to-911-deployments.pdf
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