What is an SOS call? And how will an SOS help me at the time of an emergency?

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An SOS call is an international code signal for extreme distress. An SOS call can overall help you reach help and get out of a dangerous situation.

Google partnered with emergency help agencies- Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - to create real time safety information appear on your Google Maps app upon a disaster.

Its called SOS Alert.

This feature aims to have emergency information on deck in any kind of disaster. This is pretty useful because Google maps will detect your location and can give you a visual display of where to go and how to get there.

The goal is to have correct and useful information within the search engine and in Google Maps upon your search. It will include information like emergency phone numbers, websites, maps, translations, and voluntary donations.

You will have to manually search SOS Alerts in google so install the latest version of your Google App and keep your location turned on. This way, if you are in the area of a crisis you will receive notifications.

The app includes real time updates on things like road and transit closures and little icons of fires or red dots will appear on your map of the danger zones.

I wondered why the hell trains were sending the Morse code for “Q” when approaching a road crossing. I read and realized they weren’t sending “Q” in Morse code. They were just sending a sound: dah-dah-di-dah that didn’t mean “Q” but meant “approaching a road crossing.” It IS “Q” in Morse code, but it doesn’t mean “Q.” It’s just a set of sounds.

Same for “SOS.” It’s not really “S” “O” “S”.

Let’s look at it:

. . . _ _ _. . .

That could be SOS, or IWNI, or VGI, and even 3DE, and so on.

But to remember it, it’s easiest to think of it as SOS , that being symmetrical.

IN mobile phones, there is also a SOS system is available let’s talk about that.

HOW DOES THE SOS CALL WORK?

You can ask to get a call from the tracker when the carrier pushes the SOS button (and only provided that the SOS button is pushed).

You will get a notification of the SOS call. When opening the notification (with just a click), a pop-up window will appear and offer to get a call from the tracker.

By default, the tracker will call the number that you set up. You can update this number from the pop-up window if necessary. It allows for the first person who gets the notification to take action quickly.

CALL DURATION LIMIT

The SOS call is limited to 10 minutes per month and per tracker.

The tracker should not be used as a phone. The SOS call must only be used in case of emergency.

TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS

You can activate several types of notifications for each warning:

1 – Push notifications in the mobile app

2 – Emails

3 – SMS (optional)

Here is a sample of the SOS Morse Code.