b'VAST NEWSUNDERSTANDING 911 ON THE TRAILSBy Mike MutascioThanks to the Vermont E911 Board for contributing to this article.Vermont snowmobilers are prepared to deal with extreme winter weather. They are ready for any challenge. The cellphone is part of our riding gear. It is a snowmobiling necessity.Riders are totally dialed into the behaviors of their cellphones out on the VAST trails. We know these devices like to be warm and dry. Unfortunately, they do not shiver to stay warm like people. They just shutHartford Police Department E911 call deskdown.How many times do we hold offFaced with an emergency, is theof your plan. Your 911 call might be making a call when that signalsituation always worse if we noticegrabbed by ATT, First Net, T-Mobile, strength meter is a measly one bar,poor or non-existent signal strengthUS Cellular, Verizon, VTel Wireless, or not displayed at all? Never works,on the display? Not necessarily. Tryand possibly others. And if the call right? Luckily for those skilled textingthe 911 call anyway. The confusionstill does not work, you also can try aficionados, yes just a sliver ofis because users are conditionedtexting 911 as a message. Vermont 911 signal strength usually sends a shortto respond to the signal strengthdispatchers can even activate your message off. displayed on their cellphone. Whatcellphone location settings remotely if Uh oh! Remember that horribleusers are not seeing is the signalyou previously turned them off.dream when you need help at homestrength of a half-dozen other cellularHopefully, you will never need to and keep misdialing 911? Out onproviders that are also required tocall 911 out on the VAST trails. If you the trails, 911 calling mistakes areaccept the 911 call. do, always try to make the call. Text not really from errant dialing, butThats right. In Vermont everywhen you cannot. Ride smartly, my rather not understanding how the 911cellular provider is required by law tofriends.system functions in Vermont. accept your 911 call for free regardless 2 | Snowmobile VERMONT'