My112

The response time of the authorities during an emergency is a determining factor that, in many cases, can make a difference between life and death. One of the biggest obstacles that authorities face when receiving an emergency call is the location It is essential to indicate exactly the location where the help of the authorities is required, and since this is not always possible, the Community of Madrid has decided to make available to users an application calledMy112, available for both Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad, and so on).

The application of My112 allows you to contact the 112 emergency center automatically indicating our location when making the call. This is possible thanks to the fact that My112 , at the moment we make an emergency call , track our location to share it with the person who will attend us from 112 In addition to this, another of the functions of this application is that of " Notices«, which informs us of all incidents that occur near our location (see snowfall forecasts, for example).

My112 is an application that can be very useful especially when we find ourselves in an unknown city or, even, in some way away from the urban nucleus. On the other hand, My112 also turns out to be a highly recommended application for drivers, since it In the event that we attend an accident, we have the possibility of requesting help for the exact location where the incident took place.

The operation of My112 is very simple. Whenever we need to make an emergency call, we simply have to open the My112 application and click on the option “ Emergency". In a matter of seconds the application will locate our position and give us the possibility of making a direct call to 112 From here we will only have to indicate the reason for our call at the same time that the operator who is attending us visualizes our exact location on the map.

My112 is available for free download on both Android (link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telefonica.my112&hl=es) as in iOS (link: https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/my112/id804779618). In the case of Android, the application occupies a space of 5.3 MegaBytes and requires the system operating Android in your version of Android 2.3.3 or higher; in the case of iOS, the application occupies a space of 4.1 MegaBytes and requires the system operating iOS in its version of iOS 7 or higher As of today, the only center 112 integrated in the application of My112 is that of theMadrid's community