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  • Post category:Crime / Disability / Personal safety
  • Post published:January 13, 2014

The emergencySMS service lets deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people in the UK send an SMS text message to the UK 999 service where it will be passed to the police, ambulance, fire rescue, or coastguard.

Source: SMS to the emergency services @ emergencySMS

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