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Tom Francis - SWSports

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:29:23 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Funny story. When we redid the 911 system and turned it into the
E-911 system, I (and a couple of other radio enthusiasts on the
rebuild committee) fought tooth and nail to get GPS incorporated into
the system. We even worked up a deal with Garmin who would provide
the GPS units at cost for all eleven departments to equip every
vehicle with a unit.

Coulnd't get that one past the local chiefs - they just coulnd't wrap
their collective brains around the concept of exact locations. :)

They put up reflective house numbers out at the street out here in the
sticks for the benefit of the cops and fire departments. You cannot
get a cab. They simply cannot find the place. Nobody has ever found
this place that hasn't been here before. I like it that way. My
address is not on my checks. My phone is under a fake name. As a
friend once said, ' it doesn't pay to advertise.'

We did that too. As a large geographic area that is almost completely
rural in nature, it was very important as some driveways can be a 1/4
mile long.

We also have an odd situation on my street in that it is actually two
roads that are similar in name - three of the houses on my town's side
have the same number as the houses on the same street in the next town
over.

That is a problem. :)

I'm not too sure about being unfindable. You'd be surprized at what a
competant 911 operator can find out quickly through the phone
companies.

Fake name or no fake name.

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"Every normal man must be tempted at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag,
and begin to slit throats."

H. L. Mencken