"It's good because, if it's an emergency, I can make a call, " he said.
When it's not an emergency situation, we can go into an area and teach them, using their local resources, how to build their own water filter.
But it's an issue emergency agencies will have to deal with sooner or later, if the experience of first responders Crabtree has spoken to is any indication.
"It's one thing to be able to help people out of an emergency exit door, it's another to say they must weigh less than 130 pounds, as Pan Am and others might have done in times gone by, " says Kenneth Quinn, partner and head of aviation practice at the Washington, D.
Both nations have already agreed to establish an emergency hotline and it's now time to get that connected.
Still, it's good enough for emergency directions or an email check among those of us who won't commit to a permanent roaming plan.
In 2008, when a first summit reserved for euro-zone leaders was called by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, it was termed an emergency and Britain's then prime minister, Gordon Brown, was allowed to attend, exceptionally.
It's about stowing : If there's an emergency, the airline doesn't want the compounding fact of phones and tablets whipping through the air.
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He said there needed to be forward planning to ensure there was a "seamless move into next year's spending" and that it was not "an emergency budget".
The lack of a notification center, combined with an interface that periodically overwhelms function with form (such as the highly stylized but limited email view), only compounds problems if it's genuinely vital that you spot and deal with an emergency in minutes.
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Meanwhile, the coastguard was not alerted to the Purbeck Isle's plight for seven hours as it was not fitted with an emergency position-indicating radio beacon or similar distress signalling device.
Although it's nice to have the cash-advance option in an emergency, you could get hit with exorbitant transaction fees and surcharges -- and unlike regular purchases, cash advances command a steeper interest rate that begins accruing immediately, not after your next bill, Elmendorf said.
It's sort of like budgeting nothing for a war and then throwing in an emergency appropriation later.
It had looked like an emergency appropriations bill might extend Schering-Plough 's sgp (nyse: sgp - news - people) patent on the drug.
It was an emergency mini-budget, designed to defuse Mr Field's rebellion, and buy forgiveness from the voters of Crewe, where there is an ominous by-election on May 22nd.
The La Plata refinery suspended operations as a result, and Argentina's YPF oil company said an emergency team was evaluating how to get it restarted.
World Food Program (WFP) said Friday it would begin an emergency operation to feed about 300, 000 Palestinians hit by Israel's closing their access to jobs amid continuing violence.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland's biggest bank received an emergency loan from Sweden on Wednesday, and Britain said it would guarantee deposits in an Icelandic bank's online unit as the financial crisis engulfing this tiny Nordic nation showed no sign of easing.
It'll let you make an emergency call (like most GSM phones) but that's all.
LIMA, Peru (AP) Peru's government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been affected by years of contamination at the country's most productive oil fields, which are currently operated by Argentina-based Pluspetrol.
Earlier this week it emerged that St Michael's Hospital could be closed under plans being considered as well as an end to emergency work at West Cornwall Hospital and creating a "nurse-led" minor injuries unit.
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If it's after hours, the on-call physician may suggest you go to the emergency room for an evaluation and removal, especially if you've tried to remove the contact several times or are experiencing eye pain or redness.
Ms Emptage's Toyota MR2 was involved in a collision with an ambulance near Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, and it took the emergency services more than an hour to cut her free.
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Parents need to know that kids are going to get hurt playing sports, but it's prudent that an organized team or league should have "all their ducks in a row" by having emergency care equipment present, Almquist said.
Twitter's popularity has exploded in recent months, and Slattery said it's a new development that a wide number of people would turn to the site in search of information during an emergency.
Iraq's interim government offered an amnesty to some insurgents, while announcing tough emergency measures, including laws enabling it to impose curfews, make searches and detain suspects in some areas for up to 60 days.
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