How To Survive An Emergency With Your Phone
Your Mobile phone could be a life saver. In an emergency situation, knowing what services your mobile provides is crucial. From emergency numbers, emergency dial features, and emergency contacts, the modern cell phone is a direct link to rescue.
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122 Emergency number
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112 is an international emergency number. It does not work in every country but it's use is certainly extensive. The best thing about this number is it allows your phone to make contact through any phone tower, even if your network is not permitted to use it. So if your specific network does not have reception, you may still be able to make contact. On some phones this will even work with no sim card, or if the keypad is locked.
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Pinging
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In order to work your mobile sends out a "ping" every few minutes, a message to a phone tower to give it it's location. Emergency services can trace this ping to narrow down your location. Of course the best way to make a trace is to dial the emergency services, but if for some reason you are unable, then this is the next best thing. If you are trying to save battery power, then just turn the phone on periodically to send out a new ping.
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I.C.E
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I.C.E stands for In Case of Emergency, and is a simple concept. Just store a number in your phonebook under the name ICE, and give it a number you would like phoned if you were ever found injured or worse, such as a family member. The emergency services will look this up and be able to make the appropriate phone calls.
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Samsung emergency dial feature
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Newer Samsung models have a handy feature if you need to make contact but subtly. By pressing the volume button 4 times, the phone will send an emergency message to up to 10 preset numbers. If one of these then rings back, the phone will connect without you having to answer, and be set to loudspeaker so they will clearly be able to hear what is going on around you.
