Low-bandwidth information distribution

A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request from a mobile device over a control channel on a cellular network, the request being for information about a requested emergency service of a plurality of emergency services, wherein the requested emergency service is identified by user-entered data, wherein at least one of the emergency services includes at least one of first aid, food service, insurance information, clothing distribution, shelter, non-governmental agencies, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) service, evacuation zones for assembly, and closure information;
• identifying a location of the mobile device;
• identifying an emergency service corresponding with the requested emergency service within an area determined, at least in part, by the location of the mobile device and the user-entered data;
• receiving information about the identified emergency service over the control channel on the cellular network from a third party system;
• and
• providing information identifying a location of the identified emergency service to the mobile device over the control channel on the cellular network.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request from a mobile device over a control channel on a cellular network, the request being for information about a requested emergency service of a plurality of emergency services, wherein the requested emergency service is identified by user-entered data, wherein at least one of the emergency services includes at least one of first aid, food service, insurance information, clothing distribution, shelter, non-governmental agencies, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) service, evacuation zones for assembly, and closure information;
• identifying a location of the mobile device;
• identifying an emergency service corresponding with the requested emergency service within an area determined, at least in part, by the location of the mobile device and the user-entered data;
• receiving information about the identified emergency service over the control channel on the cellular network from a third party system;
• and
• providing information identifying a location of the identified emergency service to the mobile device over the control channel on the cellular network.