Help: Seacrest House, but Panama City Beach Zip?#@?

[seacrestkristi]

"911...what is your emergency and zip code?"

"Oh, you have chest pains and you live in South Walton, but you have a Panama City Zip Code? My goodness, you must feel awful!!....and that chest pain thingie probably smarts a bit too."

"<snicker> We're dispatching the ambulance that services that zip code right now"
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[rdelong43065]

Now, I'm totally confused. I hear you saying that if you call 911 from a land line from an property in WalCo, with a PCB zipcode, the address shows up as being in PCB. Does the call go to Bay Co Emergency services, or Walton Co?

Seems like if the call goes to the wrong County, it could take a while that one may not have, before the emergency peeps were on the scene, especially if one wasn't able to explain the entire screwed up zipcode story to the 911 operator.

When you call from a land line phone. There is information that comes up that is programmed in by the phone company. It is like a more detailed caller ID that shows name, address and phone number. If the call originates in Walton, it goes to Walton.

When dealing with cell phones, it comes down to what tower receives that phone. If the tower is in Walton, it goes to Walton. If the tower is in Bay, it goes to Bay. The address you would see is the address of the cell tower. All 911 services have the ability to transfer to the correct agency when needed. All new cell phones have what is called wireless phase 2 abilities when the physical location of the cell phone is shown. It is still pretty new and works well. It all depends on what level of service your carrier is at right now.

Hope this helps. Joe, if you need anymore info, PM me and I can get you what you need.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Zip codes are everything! >>>clicky<<<

 

[ShallowsNole]

911 has it figured out, but register with the Florida Department of Revenue online or in Tallahassee for sales tax with a 32413 zip code and see what county they say you are in.