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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; 999 – emergency ...
0–9. 000 (emergency telephone number) 100 (emergency telephone number) 102 (ambulance service) 106 (emergency telephone number) 108 (emergency telephone number)
The first emergency number system to be deployed anywhere in the world was in London on 30 June 1937 [2] [3] using the number 999, and this was later extended to cover the entire country. [2] When 999 was dialed, a buzzer sounded and a red light flashed in the exchange to attract an operator's attention.
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.
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The national emergency number in the United States is 9-1-1. The number works for all three emergency services. In most cases, a 9-1-1 call will be answered at a central facility, usually referred to as a Public Safety Answering Point, and operated, in most cases, by the police.