A guest speaker came to our ESL class yesterday. He told us to teach our children to use 9-1-1 in an emergency. He gave us some rules to teach our children:
- If there is a fire, children must get out of the house or apartment. They can phone 9-1-1 from the neighbours’ house.
- It is better for children to call 9-1-1 from a house phone, not a cell phone.
- Children should speak slowly and clearly to the 9-1-1 telephone operator.
- Children must listen to the 9-1-1 operator and answer all of the questions the operator asks.
- Children must not hang up the phone until the operator tells them to.