Methods and systems are provided to locate, route, and/or otherwise process an emergency communications signal from a VoIP communication device equipped with a location positioning system and an emergency communications computer software product. The software identifies an emergency Internet Protocol-based communications address, activates the location positioning system, and communicates location coordinates and other emergency information with the emergency communications signal to the emergency Internet Protocol-based communications address via an Internet Protocol-based communications network or via a hybrid communications network that includes the Internet Protocol-based communications network and a telecommunications network.