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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.
In the United States, the technology is referred to as Text-to-911. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) maintains a registry of areas supporting text-to-911. All carriers are required to send bounce-back messages to inform the sender that the message could not be received if the technology is not supported by the local call centre. [ 16 ]
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However, 911 systems were not in widespread use until the 1980s when the number 911 was adopted as the standard number across most of the country under the North American Numbering Plan. [7] [8] The implementation of 911 service in the US was a gradual and haphazard process.
Coast guard – 118; [31] Information about emergencies – #7119 free call; Information about emergencies – #9110 pay call; Roadside assistance – #8139. 112 and 911 redirect to 110 on mobile phones and telephones that are present at all United States military installations. Jordan: 911: Mobile phones – 112. Kazakhstan: 112