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[evila_elf]

Not sure how to search for this...

When you call 911 because you need the police to show up, do you need to give your address, or do they have a way of getting your address?

Not in trouble, just need info for a fic :)

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[euclase.livejournal.com]

they usually know it (because of the north american numbering plan). they will probably confirm your address, though. :)

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

How 911 works:

http://people.howstuffworks.com/9-1-1.htm

From personal experience, 911 operators can see the address of the phone when it's a land line. The one time I called 911 on a cell, I had to tell them where I was.

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

You guys are fast :D

And yeah, it was going to be from a cell.

Thanks!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

That was about five years ago. I don't know if "where you are" technology has improved since then.

[hllangel]

Most cell phones these days (especially smartphones with GPS) will tell emergency operators where you are.

[phantom4j.livejournal.com]

Hi I've had to call 911 myself within the last two weeks. Thought I needed to have a land line or they wouldn't be able to figure out where I was. I was wrong. The minute I dialed in to 911 - bam! There was a tracer signal placed that I could hear. The operator asked for the location of the problem (not my apartment, my insane neighbor down the hall). After I had hung up, about 30 seconds elapsed and there was a tone that indicated, I guess that the tracer had been hung up as well.

Hope this helps!

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info!

What did the tracer signal sound like?

[phantom4j.livejournal.com]

Hi - from my end, it sounded like the beep I get when I have someone on the line waiting to come in, but the tone was a bit longer (one nanosecond? two nanoseconds? I'm not good at that kind of measuring). Same thing when the tracer was disconnected. Does that help? I wish I could explain it more clearly!

Have a great day!

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that helps a lot, thanks :D