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Vonage The fire, per the video linked from the original posting was VERY large, sufficient,
The fire, per the video linked from the original posting was VERY large, sufficient, given the ice and heavily wooded and brush covered terrain to be 5 alarms, in spite of seeing only two units worth of firefighters (which would make it TWO alarms).
For the fire to be THAT established it must have been burning for a heavily extended time. A delay of "a few minutes" hold is irrelevant. For that matter MOST emergencies a delay of a few minutes will not really make the difference in life, death or loss of property. If the condition is that dire the loss is inevitable.
I rather suspect all would've been better served to have let the man go back in the building and stay there...
Hint to the dense: If your house is on fire, *DO NOT* call for help inside the burning structure! Get out and call for help. If you're geographically distant from a neighbor, put a phone box outside.
If you want to call someone from a burning structure, call in for your Darwin award instead!
Roaches flee burning buildings. Rats and mice flee burning buildings. People flee TO burning buildings.
Read The Full Thread: Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold, House Burns Down
• [March 23, 2006]
Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold, House Burns Down
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• "Vonage claims that nearly 70 percent of its customers now have E911 access, a
• From: Vonage's Website :
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• This discussion already took place, this is not a new incident!!!!
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• I wonder if the delay was between the telephone company central office in his area,
• There are some very insightful comments regarding this story up on Slashdot tonight.
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• Caca del toro! The average response time for fire/rescue in most areas is 8-10
• The more tragic item we can all take from this thread is the misuse of the words "their"
• Just use your cellphone to dial 911. Problem solved. Vonage warns everyone who
SteveV posted "The fire, per the video linked from the original posting was VERY large, sufficient," on 03/24/2006 |
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