Emergency numbers

[Kinoko]

Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what the various emergency phone numbers in your respective countries are

In Australia, it's 000. I know from a lifetime of being bombarded with American tv that theirs is 911. Any others? (I have a feeling that Japan's is something like 119, I used to know it)

[Dart]

911 in Canada. Just like our neighbours.

EDIT: Might want to check out this site. http://www.sccfd.org/travel.html

[Domino]

As you already know 911.

Who picked this number anyways?

[AGA]

It's 999 in the UK.

[LordHart]

I wonder if any place has 666...

[Moox]

911

[Al_Ninio]

100 in Israel.

[Alexis Vale]

Just randomly throwing this out:

The Cinema's number here is 971-1010. Now, one time I dialed this number, but not quite. The 7 button didn't get pushed down far enough, so I ended up dialing 911. Haha.

When asked for you number by someone who you would like to pull a prank on/a dumb person/an unwanted person, just reply, "Sure. My number is ninety-one, nineteen, three, seven, eight (91 19 378) (911-9378). " Or something along those lines, just so the first three numbers are 911, or whatever the emergency number is. It works sometimes. Maybe I just know some stupid people...

[shbaz]

My area code is 918, and I've dialed 911 before on accident and hung up to try again. They call you back, because they're required to return hang-up calls in case of emergency.

[Eigen]

112 - emergency number
110 - simply police


-Eigen

[Timosity]

In Aus it is 000 on normal phones but I'm not sure from mobiles, I have a feeling it's 112, but I've never tried. but this isn't common knowledge so it's pretty silly.

any aussie's (without actually pressing call), type the number 112 on your mobile phone when it's locked and it will allow you to make the call, it doesn't work with 000 when locked.

[Primus]

112 - emergency number
110 - simply police

112 is the one in most European countries. It was chosen to "homogenize", as most countries which have signed that agreement had another number picked, as 111, 113, 114, 115, and so on. I think those numbers are chosen by National Civillian Emergency Boards, in cooperation with telephone companies and police ones, too.

Why that sudden interest, Kinoko?!

[Las Naranjas]

My mobile allows me to do 000 when locked. According to wikipedia "000 is the emergency telephone number in Australia, but the internationally accepted GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112 also works on mobile phones."

For the record, the choice of 000 goes back to the old percussion [dial] phones where dialling 000 would necessitate pulling the dial all the way around 3 times, so you had an easy to remember number that was unlikely to be dialed by accident.

However the advent of touch tone phones invalidated this a bit.

[MrColossal]

which is why i always imagined [but didn't research] is the reason 911 was chosen

the 9 was allll the way at the bottom of the rotary phone and you had to drag it all the way over to the little bar, and then when once you're comitted to that long dial you're sure you're dialing 911 on purpose so you get the 2 quick ones

A shooooooooocka ta ta ta ta ta, shook shook

as it would sound

on a side note, my mother brought in a rotary phone to school once [she's a nurse for an elementary school] and the kids had no idea how to work it, crazy

[Primus]

"Early 1968 - AT&T announces 911 as the nation-wide emergency number. The number, 911 is chosen because it is easily remembered by the public, it is quickly dialed and because no area codes or office codes begin with or use it.".
http://www.nhcgov.com/911/911Historyof911.asp
http://people.howstuffworks.com/question664.htm

http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer_info/emergency/history.htm

http://nokiafree.org/forums/t58555/h/s.html

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Universal%20emergency%20telephone%20number

etc.

[Chicky]

911 in Canada. Just like our neighbours.

EDIT: Might want to check out this site. http://www.sccfd.org/travel.html

Dart, you just spoiled the WHOLE thread

yeh im 999

[Kinoko]

Why that sudden interest, Kinoko?!

I don't know, it just seemed interesting. Something came on the news or something that made me think about emergency numbers and I wondered what kind of numbers they were in other countries. Plus, I like trivia ^_^

You never know, I might be on who wants to be a millionaire one day and the question might be about what Canada's emergency phone number is!

[Pet Terry]

Finland had 000 as an emergency number years ago, but they changed it to 112. Police number is 10022.

[Primus]

Hi again!

Kinoko, thanks for you kind reply: of course I was joking . I thougth you might be worried about those kind of acts performed by that kind of people I can't classify, as the worst slang words in every language can't classify them. I also thought you might use that info for a new game of yours. Say, it could be a plot or a story for your main character, as I'd love to play more games made by you: BTW,Ã,  I see the international plot, nowadays, as a real "cirque"...

OSC, sorry if I did so... But I'm proud of being able to find almost everything anyone can think of just "googling". I rarely use another browser besides google. And besides, the google bar is the best free anti-popup I know, and it doesn't even have adware or spyware.

[Sam.]

yeah its 999 where i am. this might be completely untrue but i heard in america you can use 999 and it will work and in UK you can use 911 and it will work. is this right?

[Primus]

Zootyfruit, 911 is now an international emergency number for US citizens anywhere in the world, and maybe the same is for 999 and UK citizens...

BTW, emergency numbers all around the world:
http://www.911dispatch.com/web_graphic/graphic1.html
http://www.american-firefighter.com/questions/911.php
http://www.aber.ac.uk/safety-environment/docs/public/emerg_nos_worldwide.pdf

By countries/regions:
http://www.911dispatch.com/911_file/mobilenumbers.html
http://www.travel.com.hk/china/shanghai/emergenc.htm
http://www.cebitbilisim.com/top-istanbul_emergency.html

This is not to finish this thread: it's just for a few extra info!

[Femme Stab Mode >:D]

I live in Australia, but I still remember Russian emergency numbers.

Fire Brigade - 001

Police (Miliciya, haha) - 002

Ambulance - 003

Leaking Gas - 004

[Damien]

Here in Croatia:

92 - police
93 - ambulance
94 - fire dept.

[SSH]

112 works in the UK, too. And to find the police number, you have to get a phone book or yellow pages.... they were thinking of having a common number for this but the ojne they chose was wrong or something...

[Kinoko]

Where are you from, Zooty?

[Sam.]

i'm in the good old united kingdom.

[Andail]

112, like the rest of EU.

Which is pretty neat, because it used to be 90 000.

I don't really care, since I never had any reason to dial it, but I can very well imagine the frustration some people must have felt.

"Hurry up! My wheelchair is on fire!"
"I just have two more 0:s to dial, hold on!"

[Phemar]

South Africa: 107 (or 701, not sure...)

Dial it and cops, fire brigade and ambulance will trace the call and be at your place in no less than 2 hours! (if you're lucky...)

[Raggit]

911 for me. 

[Gregjazz]

In China it's also 999.

I figure it's 911 in America so there's less chance some drunk person will dial it, or get accidentally button-mashed on a cell phone.

[Privateer Puddin']

did they have cell phones when 911 was set up?

[kl4Uz]

112 - firefighters
113 - cops
114 - emergency (red cross)

[Gilbert]

999 here, that's because we followed British convention, it's 911 or 119 or whatever I don't know in the mainland though.

[m0ds]

In the UK, we have 999 and 112. Both go through to the same style switchboard (for all emergency services).

And that's it.

Both are dialable even when you're mobile keypad is locked.

[Gilbert]

I'm not sure but had once heard that 112 is an international emergency number, that is, whereever you are, and disregard of the phone network you're using, dialing 112 would have you connected to the nearest related authority.

Don't know if that's true though.

[Esseb]

In Norway:

110 - Fire
112 - Police
113 - Medical Emergencies

I've always wondered what 111 is.

Oh, and my phone book says 1412 is the emergency number for text telephone users, how handy (not meant as a joke, in case any Germans are reading this).

[goldenmonkey]

In Aus it is 000 on normal phones but I'm not sure from mobiles, I have a feeling it's 112, but I've never tried. but this isn't common knowledge so it's pretty silly.

any aussie's (without actually pressing call), type the number 112 on your mobile phone when it's locked and it will allow you to make the call, it doesn't work with 000 when locked.

What phone do you have? I'm in australia and my phone allows me to push both 112 and 000 when locked, which is stupid because it has done it in my pocket before.
Isn't 112 some sort of international emergency number?

[Lazy Z]

In Greece it's:

100 - Police
166 - Medical Emergencies

and I keep forgetting the Firefighers one, hope I won't have to use it soon . And both numbers are dialable when your cell's keypad is locked.