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I putting this up as we face into the silage season.in the event you need to call the emergency services and you dont know your location ,go to your nearest esb pole and give the pole number to the operater and they will have your exact location.use 911 as it will be picked by any available network or satelite
Can you use the Eircode for your house?
We had a family emergency a while back. Needed an ambulance. When I was on the phone to the operator, it sounded like she was on Google Earth or similar when I was telling her where we were.
We got someone to go to the main road exit too and told them the type of car to follow.
We used mam down alarms at work and threw them out.
Hunker under a machine to adjust something and next thing you know alarm goes off and annoys themhell of everyone. Result was no one took them seriously, kinda like the boy who cried wolf.
I'd also imagine anything that "constantly monitors" anything on your phone will war up battery life.
Guys, afaik the emergency services don't use eircode.
I live a bit in the country – no name on road or number on house – and had to phone for an ambulance last November (2016).
When I tried to give them the eircode they said to just give them directions, they don't use eircode.
Crazy, I know, but that was my experience.
I had to give them directions as they were getting to me but the ambulance was there in 20 mins and they were brilliant. All well in the end thank heavens.
Guys, afaik the emergency services don't use eircode.
I live a bit in the country – no name on road or number on house – and had to phone for an ambulance last November (2016).
When I tried to give them the eircode they said to just give them directions, they don't use eircode.
Crazy, I know, but that was my experience.
I had to give them directions as they were getting to me but the ambulance was there in 20 mins and they were brilliant. All well in the end thank heavens.
I was told that the ambulances use Eircodes, I'd suggest that everyone learns theirs as it could mean the difference between an ambulance getting there on time and saving a life or not.
Guys, afaik the emergency services don't use eircode.
I live a bit in the country – no name on road or number on house – and had to phone for an ambulance last November (2016).
When I tried to give them the eircode they said to just give them directions, they don't use eircode.
Crazy, I know, but that was my experience.
I had to give them directions as they were getting to me but the ambulance was there in 20 mins and they were brilliant. All well in the end thank heavens.
I putting this up as we face into the silage season.in the event you need to call the emergency services and you dont know your location ,go to your nearest esb pole and give the pole number to the operater and they will have your exact location.use 911 as it will be picked by any available network or satelite
Does "911" definitely work in Ireland? I'd always have just thought 999 or 112.
We used mam down alarms at work and threw them out.
Hunker under a machine to adjust something and next thing you know alarm goes off and annoys themhell of everyone. .........
Must've been sh!te ones
Anyway the motionless timer is adjustable on this app and it has an SOS button
The motionless timer can be set, in hourly increments, for up to 24 hours.
SOS Button: The ManDown App also gives users the option to proactively press the “SOS” button to send an immediate alert, unrelated to lack of mobility. This is a great tool for personal safety or medical alerts, as it immediately sends an “SOS” alert to notify others of the user’s location and convey their need for help.
Another number to save into your phone is ICE (in case of emergency)
Eg - ICE Wife Jenny, so if something happens someone can scroll down and knows who to call in an emergency. (assuming they can unlock your phone :rolleyes:)
Another number to save into your phone is ICE (in case of emergency)
Eg - ICE Wife Jenny, so if something happens someone can scroll down and knows who to call in an emergency. (assuming they can unlock your phone :rolleyes:)
Yeah exactly. Odd that no one seemed to blink in the thread up to now!
Another number to save into your phone is ICE (in case of emergency)
Eg - ICE Wife Jenny, so if something happens someone can scroll down and knows who to call in an emergency. (assuming they can unlock your phone :rolleyes:)
Does "911" definitely work in Ireland? I'd always have just thought 999 or 112.
911 does work in Ireland but as others have pointed out, it's the emergency number in the US.
112 is the best number to use, it works with any network provider. 999 only works with your own provider
West cork rapid response if ye see it fundraising anywhere do support as they can get to some places faster than ambulances. They have a kitted out four wheel drive that costs a bit to keep manned and on the road.
West cork rapid response if ye see it fundraising anywhere do support as they can get to some places faster than ambulances. They have a kitted out four wheel drive that costs a bit to keep manned and on the road.
Folks, given that we work in the most dangerous industry in Ireland should there be a re-evaluation of how we view Heath & safety?
I have to add that I work in applying health & safety although I have done plenty of things down through the years which I'm or articulately proud of and have broken bones, suffered injuries and generally had a laidsez faire attitude to safety.
However the general principle of health & safety is that if proporrly implemented it will cut deaths in half within a short period of time- there will be 60 people saved over a 5 year period.
I think it would be a great service for independent safety experts from an Agri background to come in annually and carry out a complete audit of a farmer's safety system and make 5 implementable recommendations for the farmer. I think this would be a reasonable amount of improvements.
The biggest thing with health & safety is that it's very profitable for the farmer to implement as it dramatically reduces the chances of them getting injured therefore they can keep working away.
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Mod note H&S thread moved in here as we have a sticky on H&S for the Month
An analysis of past deaths and injuries should inform any action or training.
This is very unscientific of me but I give a couple things here.
A good many of those killed in the last while have been elderly, often by stock.
Farmers are working harder and longer hours, a good bit of it to do with regulations, to make a living. This makes them more vulnerable to error and accident.
Almost all farmers nowadays work alone.
The objective is to minimise the number of deaths and injuries. There is a danger of putting systems, more paperwork in place as a bureaucratic solution, that actually will not achieve the desired result.
Totally agree that the dept should hire an Independent safety company to audit all farms on safety.
First 5 yrs should be allocated to getting farmers and workers up to date with the current laws and regs.
After that a penalty for anyone that hasn't made a reasonable effort to improve.
Deaths and serious injury needs to be reduced massively.
It is a culture that needs replacing which will take time and money.
I do an audit here every year with the young lads. We first talk about any incidents that happened that remains in the memory. We move on to walking around to see what looks like an accident waiting to happen.
