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trusted to check on you with a phone call, the next best thing is to simulate one.
This can be accomplished in a number of ways. Perhaps the easiest, if you have
a smartphone, is to download and use a free application that simulates receiving
a phone call, often complete with a phony caller ID. These applications are
typically used as pranks or to give busy people a plausible reason to bail out of a
boring meeting, but it can also be used to create the illusion that someone is
checking up on you. That, in turn, could save your life someday.
Another way to create the illusion of receiving a check-up phone call is to use
your smartphone to call yourself from an internet phone service such as Skype,
AOL, Yahoo, or Google-Talk. Most of these services have the option to make
calls to a landline or cell phone, and though those options may not always be
free, they usually cost just a few cents per call.
There are also a lot of web sites where you can register to receive free wake-up
calls. They are designed primarily for people who are traveling and want to be
awakened to catch a flight, or to make an early meeting, but they work just as
well when you are wide awake and simply need your phone to ring at a specified
time. To learn more about these services, just Google “wake up calls.”
There’s another thing you really should know about your safety and phone calls.
Depending on where you are, and your particular service provider, calling 911
from a cell phone may not always work the way it would if you were calling
from a landline. FCC regulations require that all wireless carriers transmit
mobile 911 calls to "a Public Safety Answering Point” (PSAP), but doesn’t
require that the agency be local or even associated with emergency services.
Additionally, calling 911 from a landline typically provides the dispatcher with
your exact location; calling 911 from a mobile phone provides them only with
the location of the nearest cell phone tower. What that means is you need to
know how to tell an emergency dispatcher where you are by providing an
address, landmarks, or street intersections.
Finally, if you’ll be traveling to another city for your first meeting, use Google to
find the phone number for the local police dispatcher there, and program that
number into your phone for quick reference.
Be Willing to Make a Fool of Yourself
There is a rule of thumb that I’ve tried to follow for most of my life, ever since
reading an article about what it takes to survive crimes, accidents, and disasters.