Save a life. Wherever they are.
Install DistantEmergency™ to directly call an emergency dispatcher closest to your contacts.
*** 911anywhere has now rebranded as DistantEmergency ***
DistantEmergency™ is a FREE mobile app install with optional $4.99/year subscription.
For enterprise access directly to the DistantEmergency database, click here or email info@distantemergency.com.
The DistantEmergency app lets you find, save and directly call an emergency dispatcher in a distant jurisdiction. If you become aware of an emergency in another location, whether on a video conference with a colleague, a video chat with a parent or any other situation, you could be someone's only hope...from hundreds of miles away.
Create contacts in the app for the designated emergency dispatch agencies serving your friends, family and colleagues. DistantEmergency provides data for 5,000+ emergency dispatch agencies in the U.S. and automatically updates this data for your contacts in the app if the database ever changes.
Dialing 911 connects the caller to a 911 operator for their own local area. But the 911 system is not designed to get help to a distant emergency. That 911 operator cannot simply press a button to transfer a call to any other agency. Save precious time in an emergency by directly calling the right emergency dispatcher from the DistantEmergency app.
Do not assume your local 911 operator can just transfer your call...
DistantEmergency IS how to call this 10-digit number!
For a real-world example of problems reporting a distant emergency without the aid of a tool like DistantEmergency, listen below (relevant remarks start at 2:20).
After a free install, upgrade for $4.99/year to access contact information for the 911 agency or other designated emergency dispatch agency for anywhere in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii.
Enterprise Access
Access to the DistantEmergency™ database of U.S. emergency dispatch agencies, their phone numbers and coverage areas is now available for organizations. Get the data immediately and directly...no mobile app required.
DistantEmergency database access is ideal for:
Telehealth and Virtual Care
Remote Patient Monitoring
Mental Health and Wellness
Retail Loss Prevention
Shipping and Logistics
Hazardous Material Transport
For a FREE trial of a dedicated webpage for your team to access the DistantEmergency database, as shown above, complete the form below. API integration from your organization's software platform is also available.
* Agency information displayed above is fictitious and for demonstration purposes only.
DistantEmergency calls are made with your device's phone calling feature to a 10-digit phone number. In order for a DistantEmergency call to be made, your device must have cellular phone calling service.
DistantEmergency is for emergency use only when the caller and emergency location are in different 911 agency coverage areas. If in doubt, dial 911 by phone.
To report an emergency at your own location or within the same 911 agency coverage area, dial 911 by phone. If in doubt, dial 911 by phone.
DistantEmergency cannot determine the location of a distant emergency. You must provide the emergency’s exact address to the dispatcher.
If DistantEmergency does not work properly in an emergency, dial 911 by phone.
Once the call from DistantEmergency is placed, the response to the emergency is the responsibility of the applicable agencies and the outcome is subject to those agencies’ capabilities. Many agencies have a 10-digit emergency number that will be answered immediately by a dispatcher. However, other agencies do not have this same dedicated infrastructure and/or staffing, which can sometimes mean a DistantEmergency caller will have to navigate prompts (e.g. “press 1 for dispatch”) and/or experience hold times before speaking with a dispatcher. All emergency calls—direct local 911 calls or DistantEmergency app calls—face the same ever-present risk of extenuating circumstances including, but not limited to, outages and excessive call volumes.
An agency's automated prompt may instruct you to hang up and call 911 if it is an emergency. Instead, follow instructions to speak with a dispatcher, have an officer respond to your location or report a “non-emergency.” These options are the best ways to speak to a dispatcher and report an emergency from a distant location.
Agencies whose phone numbers have been assessed by DistantEmergency as not sufficiently reliable for reporting a distant emergency will not be available in the app until this assessment changes.
DistantEmergency is for emergency use only. Keymaker Cyber LLC will assist law enforcement to the fullest extent investigating and prosecuting misuse.