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If your administrator sets up emergency and special services
calling, as an agent in the US
or Canada you can make calls to emergency services from the call adapter. Agents
in Canada can also make calls to other special services. When you make a call to
emergency or special services, you only need to dial the three-digit number for
the service. You don't need to dial any dial codes. For more information, see
Three-digit emergency and special services numbers.
As an agent, you can do the following:
Call emergency and special services.
Add an end-user to an ongoing call with an emergency or special services
operator.
Receive a callback from an emergency or special services operator (for
example, in the case of a dropped call).
Add a call from an emergency or special services operator to an ongoing call
with an end-user.
Remove the emergency or special services operator from a call to finish
the call with the end-user.
Leave a call and let the emergency or special services operator and the
end-user finish the call.
Three-digit emergency and special services numbers
The following table shows the emergency and special services numbers that are
available in the US and Canada.
US emergency numbers
Canada emergency numbers
Canada special service numbers
911 - Emergency
911 - Emergency
211 - Public information and referral services
933 - Emergency test
311 - Non-emergency municipal government services
411 - Local directory assistance
511 - Weather and traveler information services
611 - Repair service
711 - Message relay service (MRS)
811 - Non-urgent health care telephone triage service
988 - Suicide and crisis lifeline
Call emergency or special services
To call emergency or special services, follow these steps:
In the CCAI Platform portal, click callCall. The call adapter appears.
Click Start call. The Outbound call screen appears.
When the call is answered, the Callers
icon indicates that there are three callers on the call.
To see the callers on the call, click the Callers
icon. The Participants screen appears. You should see the end-user and
the emergency number in the list of participants.
Do one of the following:
Stay on the call until it's completed.
Leave the call. To leave the call, do the following:
Click Leave Call. A confirmation dialog appears.
Click Leave Call. The end-user and emergency or special services
remain on the call.
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