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From: hoptoad!kumr!pozar@uunet.uu.net (Tim Pozar)
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Subject: Re: E911 -- All Operators Are Busy
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Date: 25 Jul 90 17:55:00 GMT
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In article <10031@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Higdon <john@bovine.ati.com>
writes:

>But one interesting problem of 911 surfaced at this time. Sometimes
>the system is overloaded by multiple calls reporting the same major
>event.  Even though only one call would be sufficient to summon aid
>for the incident, the PSAP has no instantaneous way of knowing that a
>cluster of calls are not for separate incidents.

    Yet, we have seen discussion here that sometimes one call does not
summon help.  It is only after a number of calls to 911 that any
action happens.


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