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  2. 999 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    An emergency phone on the Welsh coast at Trefor featuring 999. (Note the keypad missing digits 4 - 0, with no instruction on how to dial 999 from this phone.) 999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112.

  3. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Text phone – 0800 81 12; Non-emergency police – 0900 88 44 [a] or 0343 578 844; [68] Non-emergency police (text phone) – 0900 18 44; Suicide prevention – 0800-0113; Animal emergency – 144; Child abuse – 0900 123 12 30; [a] Anti-bullying hotline – 0800 90 50. North Macedonia: 192 or 112 [b] 194 or 112 [b] 193 or 112 [b]

  4. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    The GSM phones may regard some phone numbers with one or two digits as special service codes. It might be impossible to make an emergency call to numbers like 03 or 92 with a mobile phone. In those cases the emergency number has to be called by using a landline telephone or with an additional first/last digit (for example 922 or 992 instead of ...

  5. Emergency text messaging services - Wikipedia

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    Emergency text messaging services are a technology that enables emergency call operators to receive text messages. [1] Its use is encouraged for people with hearing impairment or who have trouble speaking; it can also be used for situations when calling may pose a safety risk, such as a home invasion or domestic abuse. [ 2 ]

  6. 999 phone charging myth - Wikipedia

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    The 999 phone charging myth is an urban legend that claims that if a mobile phone has low battery, then dialling 999 (or any regional emergency telephone number) charges the phone so it has more power. This was confirmed as untrue by several British police forces who publicly cited the dangers of making such calls.

  7. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

  8. Abbreviated dialing - Wikipedia

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    Police 101 is the police single non-emergency telephone number in the United Kingdom which automatically connects the caller to their local police force (with the option to select a different police force if required), in a similar manner to the 999 emergency telephone number. Calls are now free. Before 2019 there was a charge of 15p per call.

  9. 999 - Wikipedia

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    999 Zachia, an asteroid; 9–9–9 Plan, a tax plan proposed by 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain; 999 phone charging myth, an urban myth that calling the emergency services charges mobile phones; Nine (purity), an informal way of ranking purity; "three nines" would be 99.9% pure "Three nines" as a level of high availability ...