> On Dec 9, 2018, at 7:11 AM, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 3:06 PM dktue <em...@daniel-korn.de > <mailto:em...@daniel-korn.de>> wrote: > > I would like to propose a tag for emergency control centers (the place > you reach when you call 112 in Europe). > > Why? > > As far as I know, these are places one contacts via telephone. They may be > located far from > the locality they serve, even though calls from that locality may be routed > to one particular > control centre. Are the ones you are familiar with of a kind where one must > walk in to report > an emergency? Unless they are, it serves no purpose to mark them on a map. > Unless, perhaps, > one is a terrorist intent upon damaging infrastructure. > > -- > Paul >
In North America they are called PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point). [1] But I agree that there does not seem to be a driving reason to map them as the physical location is not relevant for their use. And I don’t believe that they are a “control center”. More of a communication center. If it is a “normal” emergency, the police/fire/medical will have their own operations center, probably separate from the “answering point” that oversees the personnel dispatched, etc. If it becomes a big incident, then there will be a “Incident Command Post” (ICP) setup to handle the situation and the ICP will vary from incident to incident and could be anywhere. Cheers! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_safety_answering_point
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