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  2. 999 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  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. [5] Several other countries besides the UK have adopted 999 as their emergency number.

  4. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    111 – emergency number in New Zealand; 112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world; 119 – emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia; 122 – emergency number for specific services in several countries; 911 – emergency number in North America and parts of the Pacific; 999emergency ...

  5. 999 - Wikipedia

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    999 or triple nine most often refers to: 999 (emergency telephone number) , a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries 999 (number) , an integer

  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. The emergency phone number you have never heard of that ... - AOL

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    Study finds around half of women in UK are oblivious to 999-55 silent emergency lifeline

  8. 999 (number) - Wikipedia

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    In some parts of the world, such as the UK and Commonwealth countries, 999 (pronounced as 9-9-9) is the emergency telephone number. 999 was a London punk band active during the 1970s. 999 is also the short name for the visual novel Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. 999 is the last 3 digit number. It is also the last number in English ...

  9. 000 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    999, or nine-nine-nine is the common emergency telephone number used to contact one of the four main emergency control centres (ECC) in United Kingdom (where it works parallel to 112); also an emergency telephone number in several non-EU countries. Former emergency telephone number in Ireland and Poland. Emergency telephone; Emergency telephone ...