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The number 112 works to call emergency help throughout Europe on any phone that works in Europe, landline or mobile.Does one have to use a Spanish SIM to use this?
See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Mobile_Location (articles in French and German are more detailed and up to date).Does one have to use a Spanish SIM to use this?
Great advice Tom. I would also recommend having the Alert Cop app. I install it every time before I go on Camino. If you need to use the app it will put you in touch with someone who speaks English. I know it can be used in other languages too. Not sure which ones as i am an English speaker. It has a GPS tracker also so if you are hurt or in trouble and you have no idea where you are they can track your location like calling 112. I have no idea if there is a delay to speak to someone who can communicate in your home language with 112. But having both options can't hurt. Also maybe in an emergency a foreign person may not remember 112.I came across this in my daily reading of the Spanish newspapers online:
El sistema de geolocalización avanzado permite al 112 ayudar rápidamente a una peregrina que se desorientó en Santiago
La nueva tecnología AML es capaz de precisar la ubicación de la persona que llama al servicio de emergencias con una precisión de 15 a 20 metroswww.lavozdegalicia.es
The bottom line is that the 112 emergency line authorities have advanced geolocation capability. If you call 112 and ask for help, they can fix your position to within 15 to 20 meters. This presumes you are using a phone with GPRS capability. All smart phones have this capability as well as some older phones.
So, if you are cold, lost, injured, or feel at risk and call 112 for help, the authorities will KNOW where you are. They can send responders directly to your location.
Hope this helps.
Tom
Another way to pin point where you are if you have a smart phone is using the what3words app. It is world wide and I think most emergency services use it [And it is free].I came across this in my daily reading of the Spanish newspapers online:
El sistema de geolocalización avanzado permite al 112 ayudar rápidamente a una peregrina que se desorientó en Santiago
La nueva tecnología AML es capaz de precisar la ubicación de la persona que llama al servicio de emergencias con una precisión de 15 a 20 metroswww.lavozdegalicia.es
The bottom line is that the 112 emergency line authorities have advanced geolocation capability. If you call 112 and ask for help, they can fix your position to within 15 to 20 meters. This presumes you are using a phone with GPRS capability. All smart phones have this capability as well as some older phones.
So, if you are cold, lost, injured, or feel at risk and call 112 for help, the authorities will KNOW where you are. They can send responders directly to your location.
Hope this helps.
Tom
Go to settings, pick primary 3 word address language and then Espanol (España) / Spanish (Spain) to get the three words they will understand.Another way to pin point where you are if you have a smart phone is using the what3words app. It is world wide and I think most emergency services use it [And it is free].
Can you tell us exactly what the responders said you should have done? I believe what you have said about your experience, but I wonder whether that was an exception and the call was somehow accidentally dropped, or whether the generalized advice to call 062 instead of 112 is correct, and for exactly what circumstances.Please dial 062
Doesn't the AlertCops app know your native language? That app would probably get you a speaker of your language immediately on a connection.
Hi Ric, when you open the app the first time and set up the system it asks you which language you need to communicate in. It was really easy. I delete the app after I return home from every camino. I do this because I always buy a SIM card from Vodafone and they give me a new number so I need to start from scratch every time. But it is super easy.I just wrote elsewhere:
112 also is an emergency help number now around most of the world. I know in the Antipodes 112 ranks with the regular emergency numbers used in New Zealand & Australia, different numbers in each country. 112 for both countries is less confusing IMO.The number 112 works to call emergency help throughout Europe on any phone that works in Europe, landline or mobile.
However only if using a mobile phone which has GPRS capability will the authorities automatically know your location.
This isn't correct. There are relatively few countries around the world that use what3words in their emergency service organizations. Specifically, Spain and Portugal have not implemented this tool in their emergency services.Another way to pin point where you are if you have a smart phone is using the what3words app. It is world wide and I think most emergency services use it [And it is free].
Please don't recommend what3words for emergency situations in Spain (or any other country for that matter). It is a relatively new service, not widely known, and has many flaws (the language barrier to mention just one). 112 and AlertCops is all you need.Another way to pin point where you are if you have a smart phone is using the what3words app. It is world wide and I think most emergency services use it [And it is free].
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