Portal de Totana

www.portaldetotana.com

Totana - SpanishTotana - English
detail of Totana

 

The municipality implements the service "SMS SOS" (01/08/2010)

Totana City Council is introducing a new service "SMS SOS" to improve the coverage and attention to emergency situations with people suffering from hearing problems and oral communication, enabling them to contact the Local Police and Emergency Services Municipal.

In this regard, Councillor for New Technologies, Juan Carrion, has indicated that this service is in response to the need expressed by various associations of the municipality, to correct a problem they were having the time to communicate with the local police to carry warnings therefore proceeded to study alternatives designed to address this difficulty.

The service is called "SMS SOS" and allows a person belonging to the groups listed above, may make an announcement to the local police by sending a mobile message (SMS), which indicate the problem is and location for the police to assist him accordingly.

This service will be operational from next September and will be directed solely to those groups and can not be used by other people without such disabilities, to be followed using the same phone that can use today.

Thus, giving effect to the Plenum approved unanimously by all political groups last April.

As a result of work done, the council of New Technologies in collaboration with the local police available to people with verbal communication problems (deaf, stutterers and laringetomizadas, among others), a new service in order to overcome these problems.

The mayor expressed his satisfaction at being able to solve this problem, since the elimination of such obstacles communication helps achieve the goal of equality of all people, enabling greater integration of groups with disabilities.

Similarly, has indicated its intention to continue working in this way, given that many existing challenges but also many possibilities that are opening to get better and better integration of all people in society.

The council of the Department, reported that in Spain there are more than a million people who have some type of hearing impairment or oral, which precludes them a greater or lesser extent, the media, this problem being particularly acute in situations where quick action is needed (emergency services).

He noted that "technology is enabling the elimination of certain barriers that until not long ago were considered insurmountable, opening new channels of communication that help overcome these barriers, enabling everyone to have access to these services, regardless of having a disability. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana

Notice
UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000 - ER-0131/2006 Región de Murcia
© 2024 Alamo Networks S.L. - C/Alamo 8, 30850 Totana (Murcia) Privacy policy - Legal notice - Cookies
Utilizamos cookies propias y de terceros para facilitar su navegación en la página web, conocer cómo interactúas con nosotros y recopilar datos estadísticos. Por favor, lee nuestra Política de Cookies para conocer con mayor detalle las cookies que usamos, su finalidad y como poder configurarlas o rechazarlas, si así lo considera.