Anyone have any experience with the new Smart911 service.

[LiberalArkie]

It has just rolled out in our area and seems to resolve a lot of problems that can come about.

Rave Mobile Safety, creater of Smart911, announced Monday that Arkansas is the first state to offer the state-wide service.

Today at the Capitol Building, Arkansas State Senator Gilbert Baker (R) announced that Arkansas has become the first in the nation to launch Smart911 statewide, ushering in a new era of public safety for all of its citizens. In an initiative marked by bipartisan leadership, and the overwhelming support of public safety officials and public service groups, the Smart911 deployment will give 9-1-1 telecommunicators, police, fire and emergency medical services (EMS) more detailed information, enabling them to respond to an emergency in the right location, with the right personnel and right equipment to improve the incident outcome.

[datasuspect]

1. i don't trust people or things that self-identify as "smart"

it usually means they are the direct opposite.

JH

[LiberalArkie]

2. The more I checked into it, the better it seems, especially for rural people

I was able to plot the location of my house on a map. It even lets you put in your pets picture with vet information.

It will soon be available all over Arkansas. It seems to be mainly in rural states, I guess because street addresses don't usually indicate where you live.

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