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Police – 999; Ambulance – 997; Fire – 998; Traffic police – 993. Singapore: 999: 995: Mobile phones – 112 or 911; Non-emergency ambulance – 1777; Police hotline – 1800 255 0000; Traffic police – 6547 0000. Sri Lanka: 119: 110: Traffic police – 112 691 111. Syria: 112: 110: 113: Traffic police – 115. Republic of China 110: 119
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]
The "1" as the second digit was key; it told the switching equipment that this was not a routine call. (At the time, when the second digit was "1" or "0" the equipment handled the call as a long distance or special number call.) The first 911 emergency phone system went into use by the Alabama Telephone Company in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968. [6]
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).
In many countries, one number is used for all of the emergency services (e.g. 911 in many parts of the Americas, 999 in the United Kingdom, 112 in continental Europe, 000 in Australia). In some countries, each emergency service has its own emergency number (e.g. 110 for police, 118 for coast guard, 119 for fire and medical in Japan ; 110 for ...
A report published last June by the consultancy Primus Partners noted that there were 7,814 ambulances registered in 2020, and after a significant uptick during the Covid pandemic the number ...
43 is the national ambulance number in Algeria. 14 is the national fire brigade number in Algeria. 1055 is the national gendarmerie number in Algeria. Suicide Hotline Algeria: 0021 3983 2000 58 [5] [6] Argentina: 911 is the national emergency number in Argentina. Buenos Aires City and Province Ambulance 107, Police, 101, Fire Station 100
To call a Mauritius mobile phone, the following format is used: 5 123 4567 Calls inside Mauritius +230 5 123 4567 Calls from outside Mauritius; To call a Mauritius fixed line, the following format is used: