Through website work I’m doing I look at California Highway Patrol data and recently noticed an Apple Emergency SOS alert that was placed and found the content of the messaging interesting and offers some insight into how this system works in a real emergency.

[22:40:00 GMT-08:00 07 JAN 2023] (▪▪▪) ▪▪▪-▪▪▪▪: A USER IS REQUESTING EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM AN APPLE DEVICE VIA SATELLITE. TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TIMES MAY BE LONGER THAN FOR CELLULAR SMS. USER RESPONSES MAY BE DELAYED DUE TO SATELLITE MOVEMENTS.THE USER CANNOT MAKE OR RECEIVE A VOICE CALL BECAUSE THEY ARE OUTSIDE CELLULAR COVERAGE.AT 06:39AM UTC, M▪▪▪▪▪ F▪▪▪▪ REQUESTED EMERGENCY SERVICES NEAR THESE COORDINATES: LATITUDE 40.7963 (N), LONGITUDE -123.4074 (W).[22:40:00 GMT-08:00 07 JAN 2023] (▪▪▪) ▪▪▪-▪▪▪: RESPONDERS MAY NEED TO SEARCH AN AREA EXTENDING AT LEAST 20 METERS IN ALL DIRECTIONS FOR A 95% CHANCE OF FINDING THE USER.THE USERS ESTIMATED ALTITUDE (HAE) IS 354 METERS. RESPONDERS MAY NEED TO SEARCH 20 METERS ABOVE AND BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR A 95% CHANCE OF FINDING THE USER.THE USER HAS CACHED ENHANCED EMERGENCY DATA WITH APPLE. QUERY ADDITIONAL DATA!THE USERS DEVICE BATTERY STATE IS 61-100%. THEIR VERIFIED PHONE NUMBER IS +1▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪.THE USER REQUESTS HELP WITH A FIRE EMERGENCY.[22:40:00 GMT-08:00 07 JAN 2023] (▪▪▪) ▪▪▪-▪▪▪▪: THIS REQUEST IS FOR ME.NO ONE IS ON FIRE.NO ONE IS TRAPPED.THE SPECIFIC EMERGENCY IS A OTHER FIRE. THE USER DESCRIBES THE SPECIFIC EMERGENCY AS FOLLOWS: CAMPER ROLLING SMOKE FIRE THE USERS IPHONE HAS ITS REGION SET TO UNITED STATES. THE USERS IPHONE HAS ITS DEFAULT LANGUAGE SET TO ENGLISH. TCC OR PSAP SYSTEMS MAY GARBLE THIS LANGUAGES SCRIPT. RETURN MESSAGES TO THE USER WILL NOT BE GARBLED. THIS CONCLUDES THE INITIAL DATA. TWO-WAY TEXT WITH THE USER IS NOW AVAILABLE.[22:41:00 GMT-08:00 07 JAN 2023] K▪▪▪ M▪▪▪▪▪▪ HAS ENTERED THE CHAT[22:41:00 GMT-08:00 07 JAN 2023] K▪▪▪ M▪▪▪▪▪▪: WHAT IS ON FIRE CALL INITIATED: 22:39:59 GMT-08:00 07 JAN 2023 PHONE NUMBER: (▪▪▪) ▪▪▪-▪▪▪▪