‘Make Yourself Heard’ campaign - the silent 999 system

TheMix

Hey everyone,

A national campaign has been launched today to raise awareness of how to call 999 without having to talk out loud. The Silent Solution system allows a 999 caller who is unable to to make a noise or speak, press 55 when prompted. This then informs the police the caller is in a genuine emergency. 

This campaign has been launched by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and they've put together a guide about what to do if you need urgent police help but can't speak on the phone. 

This is a really great campaign to raise awareness of the silent 999 system. We hope you found this helpful  

Aife & the team

Siena

This is good. 

I know this is different but similar so wanted to say. Hope okay to comment? 

I have made a silent thing to emergancy services once ( through text message). It is for people who are hard of hearing, speech impediment or those in a hostage situation. I register cause never know if going to be held hostage (but thats not why i used it - i used it because i harmed myself but anxiety was too high to speak - still feel bad for miss using it - was never told it was bad way to use it tho they said was fine) but anyway you dont use it because you dont like phone calls - is last resort if cant hear or speak Or need to stay silent. Cause it says it can be slower compared to ringing. Can register any time & once registered stay registed & can send a message of what service you want, your problem and where you are to 999. 


http://www.emergencysms.net/

and this site says about it being misused cause is for deaf people but can use in hostage situation too

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/06/emergency-callers-warned-against-overwhelming-text-service-set/amp/

Dancer

The silent 999 system is amazing. And I agree with you that it is for when talking could get someone killed @Aidan

Jellyelephant

I think that although this has its flaws - it is a good idea and definitely better than the alternative of being hung up on if you can't speak. It's good to see the use of technology advancing to encorporate responses for different kinds of situations people may find themselves in. Hopefully this can be of use to people in danger.