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Experts sound the alarm on Canada's outdated 9-1-1 system
Ian Martens/The Globe and Mail When a car rolls over or collides with something, sensors inside gather critical information such as the vehicle’s speed at impact, whether the airbags were deployed and how many people were inside. Modern vehicles collect more than 120 pieces of data – information that could help an ambulance dispatcher determine whether to send advanced life support technicians and what kind of equipment the local hospital might need. But Canada’s emergency communications system, which is based on 1970s technology, can’t access this data. Instead, workers at call centr...
Source: theglobeandmail.com