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  2. 112 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    112 (emergency telephone number) Operator in Kraków responding to a 112 phone call. 112 is a common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from most mobile telephones and, in some countries, fixed telephones in order to reach emergency services (ambulance, fire and rescue, police).

  3. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    The emergency number 112 is used differently based on the Canton. While in some cantons 112, 117, 118 and 114 are routed to a common emergency call center, in other cantons 112 together with 117 is directly routed to the police.

  4. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    Most GSM mobile phones can dial emergency numbers even when the phone keyboard is locked, the phone is without a SIM card, emergency number is entered instead of the PIN or there is not a network signal (busy network). Most GSM mobile phones have 112, 999 and 911 as pre-programmed emergency numbers that are always available. [26]

  5. Public safety answering point - Wikipedia

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    It can also happen that when 112 is dialed in then a logic is implemented by mobile or network operators to route the call to the nearest police station. Such call centers exist in most countries to answer calls to an emergency telephone number. Trained telephone operators are also usually responsible for dispatching these emergency services.

  6. SOS Alarm - Wikipedia

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    Calling number 90 00 00 was chosen, which later was changed to 90 000. The number was chosen because it was easy to remember and unlikely to be dialed by mistake (as the numbers 0 and 9 were on opposite side of the rotary dial). Today the emergency number is 112. The first SOS central opened 1956 in Gothenburg.

  7. 000 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    000 was also the emergency telephone number in Denmark and Finland until the introduction of the 112 number in 1993, and in Norway until 1986, when the emergency telephone numbers diverted to 001 for fire brigade, 002 for police and 003 for ambulance. Those Norwegian emergency telephone numbers changed in 1994 to 110, 112 and 113 respectively.

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  9. Talk:112 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    In Costa Rica the 112 is used to get the current time. If dialed from a fixed phone or a public phone you'll get the time information but if dialed from a cellphone, the cellphone well dial to the emergency number from the network which is 911. If you want to get the time from a cellphone you have to dial *112 instead.