E911Talk - Eps. 252- Your EXACT Location with Only 3 Words

Published: Oct. 7, 2017, 11:51 p.m.

Ask anyone in public safety and they will tell you that the most critical information, yet often the most elusive, is the location of the caller. Not only is the location accuracy grossly inadequate with most mobile devices today, often a caller is unaware of what their "dispatchable address" is. Not only do public safety dispatchers rely on the technology in the network to route the call correctly, but the inability of that technology to give them a discreet location puts the onus on the caller to be able to convey that information to the 911 call taker.