SATELLITE PHONES - SPOT – The Personal Tracker

• The "911" button is used to send an alert message to the International Emergency Rescue Co-ordination Centre (IERCC) in the USA, where the international database of SPOT registrations is retained. IERCC qualify the event and, if an emergency response is required, they forward it to the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre in Wellington. The identification of your unit and its exact location is provided by the GPS data sent with the 911 message. Your personal details and two emergency contact telephone numbers are recorded when you first register your unit.
• The "OK" button is used to generate an "I'm OK and this is where I am" message to your own managed list of email recipients. It will also generate a text message to a mobile alerting the user to an "OK" message from SPOT.The email sent to recipients of this message contains a Google Maps link which can be clicked on to display SPOT's exact location and status. The text message displays the "OK" status and the GPS coordinates generated.
• The "HELP" button can be used for those occasions when the user needs assistance but, as it isn't life or death, there is no requirement to call out Search and Rescue