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  2. Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service - Wikipedia

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    On 20 June 1959, Winnipeg would be the first in North America to receive a three-digit emergency number for police, fire, and ambulance—Dial 999 (eventually changed to 911). The next year, on the first of March, the WFD adopted a four-platoon system, granting firefighters a 42-hour workweek (two 10-hour days, two 14-hour night shifts in 8 ...

  3. 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.

  4. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Non-emergency police – 114. Estonia: 112 [76] Faroe Islands: 112: Non-emergency police – 114. Finland: 112 [77] Maritime rescue – 02 94 1000; [78] Poison Control – 0800 147 111; [79] Medical Helpline 116117 (except in Lapland and Åland); [80] Report lost or stolen credit card 020 333 (for most Finnish banks) [81] France: 112 or 17: 112 ...

  5. 311 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    While Baltimore was the first city to use 311 as a police non-emergency number, in January 1999, Chicago initiated the first comprehensive 3-1-1 system, by providing information and tracking city services from intake to resolution, in addition to taking non-emergency police calls. When the new service was launched, information regarding all ...

  6. 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.

  7. N11 code - Wikipedia

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    The mnemonic N stands for the digits 2 through 9 and thus the syntax stands for the codes 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, 811, and 911. These dialing codes provide access to special local services, such as 911 for emergency services, which is a facility mandated by law in the United States. The (FCC) in CC Docket 92-105, specified how the N11 ...

  8. Winnipeg Police Service - Wikipedia

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    The Winnipeg Police Museum is a museum that displays the history of the Winnipeg Police Service from 1874 to the present. Pictures, equipment, vehicles and other artifacts are presented within the museum. An original 1911 jail cell from the North End Station is one of the highlights of the museum. [6]

  9. Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Wikipedia

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    The D Division is the division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police responsible for federal policing in Manitoba and, at times, northwestern Ontario. [3] Headquartered in Winnipeg, the division is commanded by Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy [4] and consists of 1089 police officers and 438 support staff.