Cell phones and emergency situations- How a cell phone can save your life

1. Cell Phones and Emergency
Situations
How a cell phone can save your life

2. The Delhi Rape Case
• A 23 year old student boarded a private bus with a male friend at
about 9:15pm
• The bus was occupied by 6 other men who had been out on a joy
ride and drinking heavily in the bus
• Soon, an argument took place between the couple and the six men
• The 6 men hit the male friend with an iron rod and threw him out of
the bus
• They later took turns in raping the girl while the bus was still in
motion. They later inserted a metal rod inside her, damaging her
intestines
• They then threw the victim out of the bus and sped away

3. The Delhi Rape Case
•This has disconcerted the entire nation
•People are now afraid of spending nights outside
•People now question the existing setup for security of women in the
society
•There is a feeling of “this could happen to anybody, even me” in
everybody’s minds
•She would never have thought that her life
would thus change forever

4. How do I protect myself in case
of unanticipated emergencies?
Let me help you with some tips
from real people

5. The Late Night Traveler
“I report to a US client because of which I often leave office very
late in the night. At such times, I usually place a call to my friend
who lives nearby. I keep updating him about my location at
regular intervals. So should any untoward incident occur, he
knows where to find me.”
-Alka Mujumdar

6. The Late Night Traveler
“I have added my friends and family on Google Latitude and
keep the automatic location updates on whenever I‟m travelling
late. That way, they constantly know where I am, and can
detect if anything is amiss.”
- Akshara Mehta

7. The Late Night Traveler
“My phone has an SOS feature wherein I can feed one number to
call in case of an emergency. So, in case of an attack, all I have to
do is press the volume key 4 times and the SOS number gets
dialed automatically.”
-Nikita Shetty

8. The Late Night Traveler
“Once while travelling in a local at about 11 in Ladies
compartment, a drunkard just barged in while the train halted at
a station and started abusing. There were just 2-3 of us and I
thankfully had the railway helpline number, so we called for
help and immediately even the railway authorities took action
and caught hold of that man.”
-Rajvi Deshpande

9. All Alone, Caught Off Gaurd
“A 911 agent told me the story of a woman who had driven into
a ravine, and placed an emergency call to 911 saying "I'm in my
car and it's sinking." He said that these stories "make you
thankful" for your cell phone.”
-Eric Caldron

10. All Alone, Caught Off Gaurd
“The cell phone, unlike the fixed line, offers multiple channels of
communication. Voice calls, data connections (e-mail), and most
importantly SMS. In a crisis, you can expect the volume of calls to
spike, and networks to be clogged. SMS, at only 160 Bytes per
message, can often slip through the congestion. During the recent
Hurricane Ike, Texans made ample use of SMS as their only way
of connecting somewhat reliably.”
-Eddy White

11. All Alone, Caught Off Gaurd
“ In the event of a very local emergency, like a building collapse,
a fault-line quake, fire, terrorist attack, etc, the landlines may be
severed, but the cellular will easily connect you to base stations
outside the trouble area, and onward.”
-Amol Deodhar, Mumbai Police

12. All Alone, Caught Off Gaurd
“I need to often make trips to different cities during the night.
Once I was on a particularly deserted patch on the highway
when my car broke down. Using my phone‟s GPS, I could locate
the nearest mechanic and help arrived in less than an hour”
-Neeraj Sodhi

13. Baby’s Day Out
“My child travels to and from school all by himself and I‟m
particularly concerned about his safety. I have installed the
“Family Locator‟ application, whereby I can know where my
child is.”
-Rachel Newman

14. Baby’s Day Out
“„Chaperone 2.0‟ helps me mark my daughter‟s usual route on
the map. If he strays away from this route, I am intimated by a
text message.”
-Paula Smith

15. Emergency Numbers You Can Use

16. Emergency Numbers You Can Use
Police 100
Fire 101
Ambulance 102
Private services that provide phone numbers of local
Just Dial- 08888888888
businesses. Could be used to locate the nearest
AskMe- 35555555 mechanic, gas station, etc.
Women’s Helpline No.
Mumbai- 1298
Chandigarh- 1091
Haryana- 81466 93100
Mumbai Railway Helpline- 22620800

17. Links You Can Use
• Some case studies of the use of cell phones in emergency
situations http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/about-
diane/assets/disasterreport.pdf
• Toll Free Helpline Numbers of various Service providers
http://www.knowledgebase-script.com/demo/article-466.html
• Location-wise Senior Citizen Helpline Numbers
http://dadadadi.org/senior-citizen-helpline.html
• Delhi Police Helpline Numbers for specific
purposes http://www.delhipolice.nic.in/parivartan/pcr.htm

18. Stay Safe!
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