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999 or 112: Non-emergency police – 101; Power outages – 105; [105] [106] Non-emergency health issues – 111; COVID-19 testing helpline – 119; gas leaks – 0800 111 999. [107] SMS messages can be sent to 999 after registration by sending a text message with the word 'Register' to 999.
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.
Historically “10-codes” and “signal codes” were used when radios were less reliable and frequent repetition was required. These codes were rarely uniform even between local agencies. Most used “10-4” to mean “acknowledged”, for example, but some agencies used it as “message ends”.
999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators, and are always free. [2] Approximately 35 million 999/112 calls are made in the UK each year, with 74% from mobiles and 26% from landlines in 2022. [3]
A non-emergency 101 call may be transferred to the emergency 999/112 call system by handlers if it is deemed to be an emergency. A textphone service is available on 18001 101 for those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired. All of these calls are routed to a national 101 operator who will determine the correct police force, and ...
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Police 101 is the police single non-emergency telephone number in the United Kingdom (UK) 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. 108 is the emergency telephone number in India.
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