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Can you send text message to emergency services
Today, SMS cannot be used in cases of emergencies. There might be some reasons for this. Using an SMS to report an emergency can be useless to the police, because if you are not giving all the necessary details they will not be able to track you or they will not be sure what the emergency is about.
Anyway there are some services that will allow deaf people to announce an emergency situation.
if you are in a emergency situation and you want to announce the police but you are unable to speak there are some ways to do that.
If you are a deaf person or if you are experiencing speaking problems there are some states in the USA like IOWA that have a system for you. To be able to use your SMS in case of an emergency than you need to register. Registration is required because by doing so, you will provide all the necessary information, like address or if you are suffering from any kind of disease that might cause the emergency. Once registered, you will be able to use the SMS service as an emergency service. The best thing to do, to make the most of your mobile phone is to pre-set a number of emergency text messages. By doing so, when you are dealing with an emergency, you will be able to send the message by using a key that you have pre-set to send the message. There are some mobile phones where you need to compose the message yourself or there are some that already have a number of messages included. Whenever you are in an emergency you will just have to send the appropriate message to the pre set number, which will transfer it to the right authority.
Having a text message emergency service will be very helpful not only for deaf persons and not only with a prior registration. There are cases when we cannot use our voice. For example if we are kidnapped, we could be able to send a message to the police. In such a situation it would be very interesting if there could be a way that the message is tracked to discover the location. Also if the situation does not allow us to talk on the phone, by being able to send an instant message with the press of one key could save our lives. Also, we might be facing a situation where there is no signal to the phone. In these cases, with some mobile phones we can send emergency text messages. If these could be directed to 911, it could be much easier to solve the situation.
But, until then, it is important that everyone knows that even if we cannot talk on the phone, we can still call 911. When we call 911, if the phone is not closed, our call can be traced through GPS.
No matter the way we can ask for help, is better that we always find the best solution for us and do announce somebody.