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?