Ottawa firefighters used cellphone signals to help rescue two people who got lost in the South March Highlands Conservation Forest Saturday as it got dark.
The hikers called 911 around 5:18 p.m. and said they had wandered onto some ice and could hear it cracking. The area was unfamiliar to them and they said they didn’t want to cross the ice a second time. It was around -12 C with a wind chill of -19 at the time and the sun had set about a half hour earlier.
The dispatcher told the hikers to stay where they were so that first responders could use their cellphone signal to find them. A map showing the caller’s location was sent to firefighters’ phones. Cellphone signals are a common tool dispatchers use to help locate 911 callers in a variety of situations.
A map shared by Ottawa Fire Services showed the hikers were in a section of the forest about a kilometre away from Old Second Line Road and Klondike Road. Using the map, firefighters made their way toward the two hikers and found them just before 6 p.m. They were unharmed and brought out of the forest safely.Always plan your route ahead of time and print a map as back up. Cell phone batteries die much quicker in cold weather.At approx 17:18 last night, we received a 911 call from two individuals who got lost while walking in the South March Highlands Conservation Forest near Klondike Rd & Old Second Line Rd.
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