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Text-to-9-1-1 Public Education

Text-to-9-1-1 Public Education. Sandy Beitel, Sonya Lopez- Clauson , & Sherri Griffith-Powell. AGENDA. Overview of messaging When to announce service How to educate Public Elected Officials Budget. Text-to-9-1-1 Messaging. 9-1-1: Call if you can, text if you can’t

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Text-to-9-1-1 Public Education

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  1. Text-to-9-1-1 Public Education Sandy Beitel, Sonya Lopez-Clauson, & Sherri Griffith-Powell

  2. AGENDA • Overview of messaging • When to announce service • How to educate • Public • Elected Officials • Budget

  3. Text-to-9-1-1 Messaging • 9-1-1: Call if you can, text if you can’t • Text location information is not equal to current location technology. • As with all text messages, 9-1-1 messages can take longer to receive, can get out of order or may not be received. • Text-to-9-1-1 is not available if you are roaming.

  4. Text-to-9-1-1 Messaging - contd • A text or data plan is required to place a text-to-9-1-1 • If texting to 9-1-1 is not available in your area, or is temporarily unavailable, you will receive a message indicating that texting 9-1-1 is not available and to contact 9-1-1 by other means.

  5. Text-to-9-1-1 Messaging - contd • Photos and videos cannot be sent to 9-1-1 at this time. • Text-to-9-1-1 cannot include more than one person. Do not send your emergency text to anyone other than 9-1-1. • Do not text and drive!

  6. Work on Press Release

  7. Work on Education Campaign

  8. Contact Information • Sandy Beitel, Ogle County IL sbeitel@oglecounty.org • Sonya Lopez-Clauson, Harris County TX Sonya@911.org • Sherri Griffith-Powell, LR Kimball Sherri.powell@lrkimball.com

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