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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Phone dead, no signal, or no device — you still need to reach emergency services.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — No signal bars, dead battery, lost phone.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Isolation — nearest help is kilometres away.
Scene hazards: Delayed response, Runner injury on route
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Assign fastest healthy person to go for phone or ambulance.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Write note: location, problem, time — prevent message garbling.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Knock every lit building — shops often have landline.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Station person on road to stop traffic for help.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Police station, PHC, fire post even if closer than hospital.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Ham radio or village disaster volunteer networks where organized.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Continue first aid while waiting — runner reduces but does not replace care.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — When phone found — caller should have written details ready.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT send all adults away — one must stay with patient.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume no one will stop — wave arms vigorously.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Without mobile data you cannot reach 112
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 works on any available cellular network even without balance on many carriers — try any phone.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Not attempting call on borrowed phone.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Remote and disaster areas lose mobile networks first.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Human messengers and landlines still work when towers fail.