Hypothetically speaking, if someone is living in New York and they call 911, how does the call not go through a hospital in Los Angeles or other city from another state? How does the call automatically transfer to a local hospital in the area one lives in?
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I’m a 911 dispatcher and can answer this. The way 911 works, it routes your call to whatever center is in charge of the first cell tower your phone hits. Once that happens the 911 system keeps refreshing and working on pinging the next 2 closest towers to get a very accurate location (I’ve seen as close as on the physical building to about 50 meters away). Now it’s very common for that first tower that your phone hits to not be in the actual jurisdiction that you’re in, that’s where the triangulation comes in, you’ll then be transferred to the correct agency/center. Now with landlines this is different. Landlines are programmed to ring to the proper agency when they are set up. I hope this answer helps.
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