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A sign on a beach in Whitstable, United Kingdom, advising readers to dial 999 and to request for the coastguard in the event of an emergency. 999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for emergency assistance.
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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Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and any agency or entity to which the FCC delegates such authority to designate 911 as the universal emergency telephone number within the United States for reporting an emergency to appropriate ...
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Emergency at sea: 120; non-emergency police: 02 800; [73] child abuse and family violence: 116 111; text phone: 1412; [72] nearest health care outside office hours: 116 117; [74] 911 redirects to 112.
Dec. 5—After determining all the factors of the cost of a 911 address sign, Union County Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting Dec. 18 to update the county's related ordinance. Earlier ...
Public-safety answering point in Kraków, Poland. A public-safety answering point (PSAP), sometimes called a public-safety access point, is a type of call center where the public's telephone calls for first responders (such as police, fire department, or emergency medical services/ambulance) are received and handled.