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  2. 999 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    First introduced in the London area on 30 June 1937, the UK's 999 number is the world's oldest emergency call telephone service. The system was introduced following a house fire in Wimpole Street on 10 November 1935, in which five women were killed. [12]

  3. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    106 – emergency number in Australia for textphone/TTY; 108 – emergency number in India (22 states) 110 – emergency number mainly in China, Japan, Taiwan; 111 – emergency number in New Zealand; 112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world; 119 – emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia

  4. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    The emergency number 999 was adopted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1959 at the urging of Stephen Juba, mayor of Winnipeg at the time. [4] The city changed the number to 911 in 1972, in order to be consistent with the newly adopted U.S. emergency number. [5] Several other countries besides the UK have adopted 999 as their emergency number.

  5. 000 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    000 Emergency, [1] also known as Triple Zero [1] or Triple 0, [2] and sometimes stylised Triple Zero (000), [1] is the primary national emergency telephone number in Australia [1] and Australian External Territories.

  6. Telephone numbers in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Within Australia, dialing a number in another area requires dialing the trunk code 0, followed by the area code, and then the local number.. In major centres, the first four digits specify the CCA (Call Collection Area, also known as an exchange), and the remaining digits specify a number at that exchange, up to 10,000 of which may be connected.

  7. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Look at the area code: Start by comparing the phone number’s area code to the list of area codes you should never answer. If it’s on the list, there’s a good chance there’s a scammer on ...

  8. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...

  9. List of country calling codes - Wikipedia

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    When three-digit codes share a common leading pair, the shared prefix is marked by an arrow, (↙ ) pointing down and left to the three-digit codes. Unassigned codes are denoted by a dash (—). Countries are identified by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes; codes for non-geographic services are denoted by two asterisks (**).