- In 1960, United States did not have the 911 system
- Los Angeles had 50 different police departments and just as many phone numbers.
- There was lack efficiency of calling for aids, you need to know the phone number from different departments in
- National Fire Chief’s Association suggested a national emergency phone number to the system in 1957 and the President Lyndon B. Johnson started to take action for the improvement 10 years later.
- In 1967, the Federal Communications Commission worked with the AT&T Company, so they came up with a convenient number (911) as a universal number for emergency.
- According to the statistics of emergency showing approximately 26% that citizens were able to contact the local emergency services. In 1989, the number had risen up to 50 %. Moreover, the number of U.S citizens approach to 99% that they can access their local emergency services by calling 911.
- The idea of 911 being created was originally came from British in 1937.
- On February 16, 1968, Senator Rankin Fite completed the first 9-1-1 call made in the United States in Haleyville, Alabama. The serving telephone company was then Alabama Telephone Company. This Haleyville 9-1-1 system is still in operation today.
sources:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/07/911-become-emergency-call-number-united-states/