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Public urged to store emergency contacts in phones
12 July 2005
Posted by Sean McManus
Mobile phone owners are being urged to list somebody to be contacted in case of emergency in their phone. The idea is that the person listed under 'ICE' (in case of emergency) will be able to identify the phone's owner if there's an accident and provide medical crews with more information. The proposal comes from Bob Brotchie, an East Anglian Ambulance Service paramedic. The idea was first launched in May, but is now spreading as an email meme.
# posted by Sean McManus at 2:15 PM 
Comments:
Yes, a good idea, although it needs to be made official and have full government backing to be really useful.
There should also be more of a role for mobile operators, as they're able to calculate a user's identity and location immediately the device is switched on.
However, all this becomes irrelevant if fixed line and mobile carriers shut out users (as happened during the London bombings).
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