ICE = In Case (of) Emergency

Ok, so Im paid for a living to be a litle bit pessimistic (and alot organised!)
But Im surprised when Im training that my 'Civvies' dont know about this (Thankfully, as it should be, the Officers all know)

I thought it was quite widely advertised after the 7/7 Bombings..
Sooo, if you dont know its what you put the person you want to be contacted should anything happen to you, under in your address book in your mobile phone!

Simple :)

I have ICE! :) My dad told me sternly to make sure I put it in! :)

I knew nothing about it!!! Often wondered how they would know who to contact in an emergency!! I will go put it in now!! Thanks!!:-)

Excellent post HG, good to remind everyone :)

Thanks HG!!! I didn't know that!! Cheers! love Dawn X

Sending a reminder to daughter as of now - thanks Liv :) :) :)

I have ICE, have had it since the July bombings in london.

You cannot believe how handy this is when working in and A&E dept. We are always looking for contact No's and ICE is great to find, helps us out a huge amount so go and do it now.

I have ICE in my phone too.  Hope they never have to use it to contact my Mum though...she carries a mobile but never answers it as she 'can't imagine who'd ever be trying to phone her' :rolleyes:

Didnt have a clue about this Liv, thanks I will add it now. :)

Never heard of it either :rolleyes: :D

Will add ICE now!

Just a question,
Do you still need it when you have 4 different numbers stored under the names Mum and Dad??????
Lea :)

What happens if someone has a PIN password on their phone?

Nothing :D

Daisy

Probably press the buttons a bit harder just incase they can get it to cooperate and/or magically bypass the pin :D

So it is pointless then unless you remove the PIN?  (Sorry if it is obvious, I'm no mobile whizz! :P)

Yep :D (to it being pointless ...... :D )

Daisy

OK I accept the award of being mobile dunce of the evening! :P :P

Speech :D :D

You just put ICE in front of name - ie I have ICE :HOME,  ICE:OFFICE,  ICE: NO1 SON, ICE: No2 son ....etc etc

Margot

:rolleyes:
well...... its common sense then isnt it. If the Mobile idea doesnt work for you perhaps a card in your purse will be a better bet.
  Remember it may not be worse case scenario,the testament here from a paramedic on East Anglia Ambulance Auth's website, shows its helpful when dealing with shocked/injured casualties who struggle to remember who to call... and the psycology of relatives/loved ones being informed quickly, which I can relate to having spent time a few weeks ago with the mother of one of our officers who was stabbed on duty.

i got ice as my son a fireman told me to do it

I don't have an ICE number as my phone won't let me store the same number twice.

However, I have prefixed my two ice numbers with aa so they show up at the top of my contacts list and have ICE after them both.  Will this do?

You could edit the name of the person you want to nominate by puting ICE infront of their name.

Thanks for that HuskyGal - really useful information - have put it in my phone and will tell my offspring to do the same.

I've had this since July, and I told my kids about it then. They hadn't heard about it. I hope it's never needed, but you never know.

Jackyjat,

In this instance if you type a * after the number (that is going to be your ICE number)
that will solve the problem of the double user ID (according to Vodaphone who helped pioneer this scheme)
does that work?

ICE is my home number, I also have my home number listed under HOME. Now my old phone wouldn't let me do that, nor would it let me list the same name twice, but I can now and that can get me confused, can't it Teri?  :rolleyes: ;)

Be fair Dee, One can never have too many mobiles ;)  (the staff - just gotta keep on top of them some how :rolleyes: )  Easier than lugging about a CCTV unit ....... :D

:D :D rofl

When you updating to picture phone, so I can inundate yr mobiles as well as yr email? ;)

>When you updating to picture phone

:rolleyes:

I'll check with my secretary and get back to you :D

Wouldn't be much use me having ICE numbers as my mobile nattery is usually flat :D I only make about three calls a year on it :D :D Never could understand why people are so attached to their mobiles :D :D :D

Daisy

>my mobile nattery is usually flat<

ROFL!!! :D
Stop 'nattering' so much then Daisy, and your 'nattery' wont be flat :D :D

oooh you just gave me visions of 'Beattie' then!! :D
remember from the old BT adverts with Maureen Lipman
*chuckles*

Ooooh - Freudian slip there - good isn't it  :D :D :D

Daisy

I didn't know about ICE ah, the hazards of coming from a desert Thanks HG! I have a home entry but I'll ICE it down.

I have put 4 ICE entries in my phone now and just have the name of the person after the ICE entry as my phone won't let me put two entries in for the same number. i am going on the assumption that anyone who needs to access my phone in an emergency will see the name entered and then be able to find that name in my phone and thus get the number.

Four ICE names seemed excessive at first but then I realised that  3 of my contacts are often travelling in my car with me so in the unfortunate event of a RTA with us all involved they probably wouldn't be able to answer their phones anyway

So now I am thinking of some alternative people to call but 8 numbers not only seems but is excessive :D

I have 3 or 4 ice entries and have just put 1 2 3 or 4 after each so they can get them all in the right order ;-)  I have had this on my phone for about 3 years now as it was something we heard about whilst I was living in Belgium :-)

First I've ever heard of it. ICE is in my phone now :)