240,000,000+ calls made to 911 last year 76% were from cell phones
Wireless is dominating landline
Current generation location technology allows a 911 Call Center to identify a wireless caller to within 300 meters of their location.
That's accurate enough to place you anywhere inside the new Yankee Stadium.
64% of those cell calls were made from inside homes
or buildings, where location accuracy deteriorates even further.
A 2013 Survey showed that 911 operators had a 10% chance of obtaining your accurate location in dense urban environments.
9 times out of 10, you will need to state where you actually are.
48 MILLION
Americans are deaf
or hard of hearing.
7 MILLION
Americans have
speech disabilities.
5,952
911 call centers
across the United States
$8.74
Average Annual Fee per US Subscriber
for operating 911 platform
Simply improving location precision and identification is estimated to
Save 10,000 lives a yearSources: FCC, NENA and Find Me 911 Coalition