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First Call

Are you worried about your aging parents living alone? Richland Electric Cooperative (R.E.C.) offers the affordable First Call personal emergency response telephone system so your parents, grandparents or other loved ones can get help at home quickly and easily during an emergency. For people with health or mobility problems, or for anyone who lives alone, the First Call system provides reassurance that in the event of an emergency, help is just moments away.

By simply pushing the pendant button worn on the wrist or as a necklace, the First Call system automatically calls the Cooperative Response Center (CRC) in an emergency.

A professionally trained CRC service representative will be able to talk and listen through the high quality speaker phone that's built into the special MainStreet Messenger telephone. The CRC representative will be able to summon appropriate help, no matter what your need may be.

The First Call system from REC is currently installed in the homes and apartments of hundreds of area residents including Richland county and portions of Grant, Crawford and Vernon counties. Financial assistance for the First Call systems may be available through your local county Health & Human Services Dept. for qualified applicants. Contact them for complete qualification details.

There is a one-time installation charge of $35 plus tax from R.E.C. for the First Call system. The monthly fee for the First Call service is currently $24.95 plus tax.