Thread by @MappingSupport

1/7 When you call 9-1-1 with a smartphone the wireless carrier is supposed to provide 911 with your coordinates. However, the FCC allows carriers to *exempt themselves* from this requirement simply by filing a form. Think this does not affect you? Wrong! #emergency #dispatcher

2/7 All wireless providers are required to handle *all* 911 calls. If your own wireless provider cannot handle your life-or-death 9-1-1 call for any reason, then your call might be handled by a wireless carrier that does not provide your coordinates to 911.

3/7 The Colorado 911 Resource Center maintains a spreadsheet that shows the self-exemptions wireless carriers have filed with the FCC. Go to sites.google.com/a/co911rc.org/…, scroll down a bit to the “Outdoor rules” section and look for the “Click here” link.

4/7 The last column of the spreadsheet has a link to the exemption paperwork filed with the FCC. If your 911 call is handled by a carrier that has exempted the area you are calling from, then 9-1-1 will not know your location unless you tell them!

5/7 Do you have an app on your phone that is easy to use in an emergency and displays your location coordinates as latitude longitude in decimal degrees along with the accuracy value? Why not? Your life could depend on it.

6/7 Use #FindMeSAR (findmesar.com - I am developer) or use something else. I don’t care. But have something on your phone that works as described in tweet 5/7 instead of nothing! The FindMeSAR *yellow* screen displays the coordinates and accuracy to give 9-1-1.

7/7 Are you a teacher? Please teach this potentially life-saving information to your students. Know a teacher? You can help them help others by sending them a link to this thread.