Emergency uses for camera phone

In addition to taking pictures, your phone's camera can help you respond to or even forestall emergencies. You can take accident photos, photos that can identify a missing person or document events.

Documentation

You can use the camera on your phone to document the conditions in which you find yourself. In an auto accident, you need photos of the damage to both your car and the other motorist's car. You can also take pictures of the area and the people who witnessed the accident. After a flood or fire disaster, you may need to document the condition in which you find your house and the belongings left in it, especially if the authorities give you only temporary access to the premises.

Emergency beacon

If a flat tyre, overheated radiator or other vehicular malfunction leaves you stuck by the roadside after dark, along with using a smartphone screen as a trouble light, you can turn your camera flash into an emergency beacon with an app that makes it strobe repeatedly to attract rescuers' attention.

While you look under the hood for the cause of car trouble, take pictures of anything that looks unusual-steam from the radiator, disconnected hoses or wires-to send to someone who can help you either fix or at least diagnose the problem.

Human safety

To assist police in looking for a missing member of your family, a photo that is saved in your phone provides a better guide than a verbal description. If your relative is of an age in which his appearance changes quickly, replace the portrait frequently to keep it up to date. Also, if you serve as a caregiver to an elderly relative, you can store equivalent photos of him to share in the event that he becomes disoriented and wanders away from home.

Suspicious activity

If you witness damage to a neighbour's property or people you don't recognise entering a vacant house, you can capture everything on your phone camera to share with your neighbour or the realtor listing the property. Your phone can also provide vital documentation and evidence for later use by the police.

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