Believe it or not, even that ancient flip phone buried in your junk drawer can still dial 911. Heck, if your rotary phone could text, we’d probably get a message like “HELP” one painstaking spin at a time.

Today, we’ve got tools that would’ve sounded like sci-fi just a few years ago:

Some phones let you press a secret combo to silently call for help.

Talk to text - Tell your Siri or your Google Assistant to dial 911 hands-free!

You can text 911 if speaking isn’t safe.

In certain emergencies, dispatchers can access your phone’s camera via text to record evidence with your permission.

And with three-word location technology (whatthreewords.com), we can even try to find you down to a 10-foot square.

We’ve come a long way from the days of dial tones and tangled cords. Stay safe, stay informed, and remember: help is just a tap or text away.

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