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Old 01-14-2014, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid View Post
I have done searches in the forums this subject could be and found nothing on the subject.

So how do cell phones with a non FL area code access local 911 in an emergency?


I don't recall the exact details but we had someone pass out from the heat at one of our village outdoor parties. Several calls from cell phones and yet there was an unusual lag for medical personnel to get to us. I think it could have been partially that we were SO new that we weren't in the GPS system yet. Maybe partially too that we were so new that people were not clear about us being off 466. We quickly learned that most people think all new villages are south of 466A.


I do recall coming away with the notion that one should call from a land line. But I don't know why.
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