Dial 911, die in the heat

fluffy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:01:13 +0000

It certainly possible that David Iredale, a lost hiker, would be alive today if we actually bothered to deploy wireless location systems.

Lost teen’s emergency calls prove futile – Yahoo! News

Of course, you can dial 911 and also die in the cold. A similar story from roughly the far side of the world.

Williams Lake Tribune – RCMP release more Armstrong details

Sad tail of 911, VoIP, and death of Elijah Luck

fluffy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:13:45 +0000

There has been plenty of coverage of the death of Elijah Luck in Calgary. The short version is that when the family dialed 911, but the address that Comwave who provided the VoIP phone service had on file was out of date as the family had moved. Comwave had an updated billing address but did not have an updated address for the location of the phone. Emergency response could not be routed in to Elijah in an acceptable time and Elijah later died.

Sure sucks that updating where to send the bill was a higher priority than keeping people alive.

Probe of tragedy raises further questions – The Globe and Mail

Canada’s 9-1-1 emergency – The Globe and Mail

Regulator blames Net phone provider in fatal 911 mix-up – The Globe and Mail

Internet phone company sounds 911 alarm – The Globe and Mail

911 tragedy in Calgary reveals perils of VoIP – The Globe and Mail

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Dial 911, die in the heat

Sad tail of 911, VoIP, and death of Elijah Luck