Can you email a 999 call?

[Ayahuasca]

What I mean is, can you summon the emergency services by email? Is there an equivalent of 999 for email?

[mcflurry]

If it's an emergency surely it would take longer to email?

Or do you mean sms, i.e. hidden behind the cupboard whilst the criminals are in the room?

[CoolC]

"we aim to reply to all emails within 48hrs"

[Cock Womble 7]

[e-mail]

HTH

[911motorsport]

Yes. eMail: [e-mail]

[cal72]

http://www.emergency-services.co.uk/emergency_aler...

I do remember the chap from IT crowd emailing the fire service.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Can you text 999? If you can what happens??

Someone give it a go for me.

[PHmember]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Can you text 999? If you can what happens??

Someone give it a go for me.

Done, just sent a text to 999 asking for the Fire Brigade - apparently they're sending the Police instead.

[Witchfinder]

<ITCrowd>
Moss: Subject: Fire. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out on the premises of 123 Cavendon Road... no, that's too formal.
[deletes text, starts again]
Moss: Fire - exclamation mark - fire - exclamation mark - help me - exclamation mark. 123 Cavendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you. Yours truly, Maurice Moss.
</ITCrowd>

[BigDaveTheMighty]

Ayahuasca said:

What I mean is, can you summon the emergency services by email? Is there an equivalent of 999 for email?

Yes - easy peasy: here's an example

[BigDaveTheMighty]

Witchfinder said:

<ITCrowd>
Moss: Subject: Fire. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out on the premises of 123 Cavendon Road... no, that's too formal.
[deletes text, starts again]
Moss: Fire - exclamation mark - fire - exclamation mark - help me - exclamation mark. 123 Cavendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you. Yours truly, Maurice Moss.
</ITCrowd>

Bah. Too slow....

[BlackVanGirl]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Can you text 999? If you can what happens??

Someone give it a go for me.

Yes you can - I'm registered on the service as have been having some major difficulty being understood of late.

[minky monkey]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Can you text 999? If you can what happens??

Someone give it a go for me.

OMG I'm on fire.

LOL.

[Semi hemi]

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland are currently urging walkers and climbers to sign up for the new Emergency Text Services.
In the hills it can be that you don't have a strong enough signal to call but a text may get through.
to register all you do is, text register to 999 you will get a reply then follow the instructions you are sent. takes a couple of minutes

best not to wait til you are stuck half way up or down a hill before registering though.

[soad]

911motorsport said:

Yes. eMail: [e-mail]

[ninja-lewis]

Semi hemi said:

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland are currently urging walkers and climbers to sign up for the new Emergency Text Services.
In the hills it can be that you don't have a strong enough signal to call but a text may get through.
to register all you do is, text register to 999 you will get a reply then follow the instructions you are sent. takes a couple of minutes

best not to wait til you are stuck half way up or down a hill before registering though.

http://www.emergencysms.org.uk/ It's been running for about a year now but it's still only a trial. Hopefully the RNID will persuade Ofcom to make it (and CapTel) legal requirements for telecom operators.

There is also 18000 for textphone users.

[stormin]

Not for 999 emergencies....but from my experience, not all 999 calls are.!! ie - "someone stole my snowman" from a couple of weeks ago.

But you can report crimes online.... http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/reptcr/reptcr-re...

[Biker's Nemesis]

BlackVanGirl said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

Can you text 999? If you can what happens??

Someone give it a go for me.

Yes you can - I'm registered on the service as have been having some major difficulty being understood of late.

Thats a great service.

[Ayahuasca]

Reason for question is there is a gadget that you can program to send an emergency email, it is a bit like a mini EPIRB. If you need the cavalry, emailing the emergency services would be better than emailing great aunt nellie.

[snakeswitht1ts]

cal72 said:

http://www.emergency-services.co.uk/emergency_aler...

I do remember the chap from IT crowd emailing the fire service.

FOUR!!! .... Oh, I mean FIRE!!!