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ICE Your Phone... In Case of Emergency

My daughter ICE'd my phone today - and now I want you to ICE yours too! (her brother showed her how to do it...)

Take a moment and add ICE as a contact on your phone. Our son has been working for the police department in Cullowhee, NC parttime while he is in school. When he came home this weekend, he immediately made certain his sister had ICE as a contact on her phone with his number in it.

ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. The police are now looking under ICE if you are in an accident. I believe all of us should have a standard place on our phones to put this information - and we are ICE'ing everyone!

I'm allergic to penicillin - so under LAST NAME - we put ALLERGIC TO PCN. Figured that couldn't hurt either!

So right now - while you're thinking about it - grab your phone and add a new contact... then get busy adding it to all the phones in your house!

If you have questions about mortgage lending in Cary or Raleigh, please contact Steve and Eleanor Thorne, Meridian Residential 919-459-1313.

Posted by Eleanor Thorne, Cary Mortgage Loans on 07/21/2008 03:40 PM

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23 Comments on ICE Your Phone... In Case of Emergency

This is a great idea and I want to thank you for helping spread the word. I had blogged on ICE quite some time ago as I feel it is a very important thing to have in youe cell phone. It may not mean much to us, but emergency services look for ICE when ever they respond to an emergency where they need to find the next of kin

07/21/2008 03:47 PM

by Tony Card, Big Bear Lake Real Estate (Coldwell Banker)

Tony - you're right! I didn't know about it - but we've had a tragedy here in our little town of Cary and I want everyone to be SAFE!

07/21/2008 03:49 PM

by Eleanor Thorne, Cary Mortgage Loans (Meridian Residential)

My daughter is an ER Nurse and she made me do this. Everyone should.

07/21/2008 03:52 PM

by Fred Chamberlin - Eugene/Springfield's #1 Experienced FHA Mortgage Consultant (Alpine Mortgage Planning)

I also have put ICE in my Treo and as a speed dial button on my screen so whoever can just touch the screen to go to my husband's cell phone # immediately.

07/21/2008 04:09 PM

by Cyndy Shepherd (A and V Enterprises)

thanks for the tip ---

07/21/2008 04:13 PM

by Patricia Murray (Premiere Plus Realty Co.)

Thanks for sharing this info, this the first time I heard of it. I'm going to Email this information to all my contacts and family.

07/21/2008 04:17 PM

by Roy Peterson P.R.E.I. (Domicile Analysis of Texas)

Roy! THANK YOU! That's what I was hoping would happen! There are so many things we can use as a follow up - this has got to be one of the BEST!

07/21/2008 04:20 PM

by Eleanor Thorne, Cary Mortgage Loans (Meridian Residential)

Well, I am glad to have helped! It just makes it easier I think, although I've never had to use it yet.

07/21/2008 04:23 PM

by Cyndy Shepherd (A and V Enterprises)

I saw this blogged about over a month ago. I immediately went in and added ICE to my phone. Actually, I added ICE 1 & ICE 2 & ICE 3.

Uh-ohhhhh...I replaced my phone twice for problems and I see now that info was not saved. Wow, gotta go do this again! Thanks for posting this, now I can get it right!

07/21/2008 04:33 PM

by Gregory Lohr (Freedom Foreclosure Prevention Services)

Great point! Guess we should continue to update the ICE as we update our phones!

07/21/2008 05:09 PM

by Eleanor Thorne, Cary Mortgage Loans (Meridian Residential)

I have ICE'd my family's phones and it makes me feel so much better about my kids being out. They are NEVER without their phones. We had a tragedy happen last summer with a kid getting into a car accident and the parents didn't find out until they called the kid's cell phone and the police answered.

07/21/2008 05:11 PM

by Elaine Hanson, REALTOR® ~ Topanga, CA Real Estate Specialist (Pritchett-Rapf & Assoc. Realtors, Topanga)

Eleanor, Very cool, and smart! Thank you for the good tip!

It's a Good Life!

Fran:)

07/21/2008 07:03 PM

by Frances C. Rokicki, Broker~Mentor (Fran Rokicki Realty, LLC)

Eleanor, Thanks for this great tip.. I am so sorry to hear about the tragedy in your area. God bless,

07/21/2008 07:18 PM

by Cheryl Gilliam Home Staging-Hickory NC (Just Heavenly Decor & Design)

Eleanor,

Use the ICE on the phone but never thought about the comments. Great idea. Thanks.

Steve

07/21/2008 07:30 PM

by Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates)

Eleanor, this a great reminder, thanks!

07/21/2008 07:36 PM

by Redesigned Spaces~Cynthia Bartch ~ Home Staging & Room Redesign in Georgia (Redesigned Spaces )

Wow - Elanor - I had never thought of that and it is a HUGE common sense idea! Thank Bubba for me and I will do that TODAY!

07/22/2008 06:25 AM

by Leesa L. Finley, REALTOR® (Circa Properties)

Wow - Eleanor - I had never thought of that and it is a HUGE common sense idea! Thank Bubba for me and I will do that TODAY!

07/22/2008 06:25 AM

by Leesa L. Finley, REALTOR® (Circa Properties)

Great tip of the day. I will do it right now. I am allergic to iodides so I will put that in there. I'll make sure my husband and kids do the same.

07/22/2008 09:21 AM

by Southport NC Real Estate - Vicki Burton- Buyer's Agent (Loggerhead Realty-Southport, North Carolina)

Wow, I would never had known that info. Thanks for sharing.

Jim

07/22/2008 02:05 PM

by Jim Fischetti (The Fischetti Group/Keller Williams)

ELEANOR - I've had this on my phone for a while now. It's a great idea. The only other suggestion that I would make is that you leave a space before the "I" so that it appears at the top of the list before the names with an "A."

07/23/2008 09:11 AM

by Adam Waldman - Long Island REALTOR® (RE/MAX Best)

Adam! Great idea - what I'm struggling with is that when my family calls me it shows up as:

"ICE Allergic to PCN #2" for instance - I guess I'll get use to it!

07/23/2008 11:59 AM

by Eleanor Thorne, Cary Mortgage Loans (Meridian Residential)

Eleanor - I, too, learned of this when an e-nmail was circulating several years back, and sent it to all my contacts. Good for you for getting this info up on Active Rain for so many to see!

07/23/2008 05:31 PM

by Quality Home Loans, Inc. - Karen Cooper, Oregon & California

Eleanor, great advice. I already have this in my phone but I need to have my kids and husband put it in theirs.

07/25/2008 11:41 PM

by Lisa Ryan~Selling Princeton,West Windsor and Montgomery Township New Jersey (Prudential NJ Properties)

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