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- From: plaws@uafhp.uark.edu (Peter Laws)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: Toronto 9-1-1
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 20:11:47 -0600
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- > DB>{The Toronto Star} reports that Bell Canada has applied to bring 911
- > DB>service throughout Ontario (and not just certain municipalities
- > that
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- > CE> Make sure they get the E911. That is when they call 911, there
- > CE> name, address, phone is displayed to the dispatcher. I work at a
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- <explanation of the E in E9-1-1 deleted>
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- And, as luck would have it, Metro Toronto has had E9-1-1 since, oh, 1979
- or so. Yes, 1979. No doubt the rest of the Province (of Ontario) will
- get the same thing.
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- As I recall, Metro's system has all the options, too. ANI/ALI, force
- disconnect, automatic reconnect, etc.
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- BTW, contrary to the report on CNN last week, the first 9-1-1 system was
- not in Alabama, but Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It went on line in 1967.
- Yes, 1967.
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- Peter Laws|GEnie:P.LAWS1|"Finally: one of our guys is |plaws@uafhp.uark.edu
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