been reported the u201c 911 u201d operator receiving the initial report s can determine whether an emergency is u201c private u201d or u201c public u201d u201c public u201d incidents are defined as those which are likely to be reported by multiple individuals and are visible from public locations examples include car accidents fires and the like incidents that are not u201c public u201d are classified as u201c private u201d the system 1 determines the location of the emergency which may be obtained from a user device 100 equipped with a gps system or by identifying the radio cellular telecommunications site 10 involved or by analyzing signal strength from multiple locations etc if the call is from a fixed landline telephone site 10 such as a public switched telephone network pstn line or a cable connected voice over internet protocol voip line then the system 1 may receive the location from the telecommunications carrier through calling line identification or media access control mac address identification the location may also be identified through verbal or manual reporting of a street address from which the call is made and the system may itself identify the caller location or may receive such information from the user device or from the communications carrier as described above all of this information can be recorded automatically or through manual entry such as by pinpointing the accident site on a map or using a computer u201c pull down u201d menu to select from a list of locations and or emergency types for example the emergency operator can u201c click on u201d a computerized.