Solution

Emergency call answering that gets details to your on-call person.

A burst pipe at midnight needs a fast, clear handoff. Leap answers, gives the emergency contact you approved, takes the address and what is happening, and messages your on-call person marked urgent. Routine calls wait for morning.

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The short answerUpdated October 5, 2026

Emergency call answering separates the 2am call that needs a technician from the one that can wait. Leap gives urgent callers the emergency contact you approved, collects their details, and messages your team marked urgent. Life-threatening situations are told to call emergency services, and routine calls become requests for morning.

  • Your emergency line. For urgent calls that are not life-threatening, Leap gives the caller the emergency contact you approved and takes the details.

  • Urgent message. Leap can message your team during the call, marked urgent, so the on-call person has the details before the call ends.

  • 911 first. If a caller describes a life-threatening situation, Leap says 'Call emergency services now.' and ends the call. It does not dial 911 itself.

  • Rules by hour. Plain-English notification rules can send after-hours urgent calls to the on-call person and routine ones to the morning team.

  • URGENT repeat. If someone calls back about a request nobody handled, a separate URGENT text goes to your team.

What makes an after-hours call an emergency?

For a service business it is usually damage that grows by the hour or a home that is unsafe or unlivable: water spreading from a burst pipe, no heat in a freezing week, a sewage backup, a locked-out tenant, a car stuck on a highway shoulder. A slow drain or a noisy unit can wait for morning.

You decide where that line is. Put it in the facts you give Leap: which problems are urgent, what number urgent callers should call, and what they should do meanwhile, like turning off the main water valve.

What does Leap do on an urgent call?

It takes the address, a callback number and what is happening, gives the caller the emergency contact you approved, and marks the message urgent. It can send that message to your team while the caller is still on the line, and your notification rules decide who receives it.

Live transfer, if you turn it on, works only during office hours. At night, the on-call person gets the urgent message and calls the customer back. Leap does not promise a callback time to the caller.

  • Life-threatening

    Fire, someone hurt, or any other danger to life: Leap tells the caller to call emergency services now and ends the call.

  • Urgent

    Leap gives your emergency contact, collects the address and details, and flags the message urgent.

  • Routine

    Leap answers from your approved facts and takes a request for the morning.

  • Not medical triage

    Leap does not diagnose or triage medical situations.

How does the urgent message reach the right tech?

Write notification rules in plain English: 'after hours, urgent calls text the on-call number', 'weekday calls go to dispatch'. Each recipient chooses text, email or both and verifies their phone with a one-time code. A fallback recipient catches anything no rule matches.

After-hours coverage itself comes from your forwarding: your carrier's or phone system's schedule, a code you dial at closing, or ring-first forwarding so missed calls reach Leap.

How it works

  1. 01

    Write down what counts as urgent.

    Add urgent problems, your emergency contact and safety steps to the facts Leap uses.

  2. 02

    Route urgent messages.

    Write rules so after-hours urgent calls reach the on-call person by text.

  3. 03

    Forward the line after closing.

    Use your phone system's after-hours rule, a carrier code, or ring-first forwarding.

Frequently asked questions

How does Leap decide a call is urgent?

From what the caller describes and the facts you gave it about which problems are urgent for your business. Urgent calls get your approved emergency contact and an urgent message to your team.

Does Leap call 911 for a caller?

No. If a caller describes a life-threatening situation, Leap tells them to call emergency services now and ends the call so they can.

How fast does the on-call person hear about an emergency?

Leap can send an urgent message during the call, and the call summary follows by text or email when the call ends.

Can Leap transfer an emergency call to my tech at night?

Live transfer works only during office hours. After hours, Leap sends the urgent message and gives the caller the emergency contact you approved.

What details does the on-call person get?

The caller's name, a summary of the problem, the callback number and, if you turned on the address field, the service address.

Can I rotate who is on call?

Update the recipient in your notification rules when the rotation changes. Rules can also use the day of the week.

What happens with non-urgent calls at night?

Leap answers from your approved facts and takes a request or message. Your rules decide whether that waits for the morning team.

Which businesses use this most?

HVAC, plumbing, electrical, locksmiths, towing, restoration and property management, where one missed night call can mean real damage.

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