112 Emergency number......
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Apologies if I am being naive, but I received an email about the use of this number in emergencies and had a quick search on the internet.
It appears that although not universal, 112 is actually a pukka emergency number in the UK and most of Europe. Not having tried it I don't know to whom you will be connected (some sort of police dispatch as mentioned in various emails or simply the emergency services switchboard as with 999) but it might be worth keeping the number handy just in case......
It appears that although not universal, 112 is actually a pukka emergency number in the UK and most of Europe. Not having tried it I don't know to whom you will be connected (some sort of police dispatch as mentioned in various emails or simply the emergency services switchboard as with 999) but it might be worth keeping the number handy just in case......
HedgehogFromHell said:
This works in the UK because of the tourists. If they get into an accident and are in shock they will instinctively dial their home country emergency number.
So does 999 and for that matter 911 work in other countries too, or do they not care about us in the same way?joncarpet said:
i was once told that dialling 112 from a mobile will give a quicked position fix of the call than if you dialled 999, meaning police/ambulance/fire can be dispatched quicker
That's what I have heard as well, due to it being a newer system for mobiles, which doesn't go through the PSTN like 999 and so loosing the ability to triangulate.I believe the reason it was bought in was so there was a universal European wide system for emergency services, allowing anyone to dial emergency services in any EU country even if they didn't know the local number. How many know the french, german number for example? I know I don't, and most people don't look it up before going on holiday.
Yep, I was on a "driver awareness" course recently and we were informed that 112 on a mobile allows them to triangulate the call and be routed to a local emergency service operator - the only downside is apparently it can take a few more rings before the operator picks up.
It actually semed like a very good idea to those of us on the course, so i guess I learnt something during those 4 hours.....
It actually semed like a very good idea to those of us on the course, so i guess I learnt something during those 4 hours.....
JM said:
So does 999 and for that matter 911 work in other countries too, or do they not care about us in the same way?
No, 999 is a UK only number, 112 is the generic number for the whole of the EU.Of course it means that if you go to the EU then you don't need to learn a different emergency number for each country you visit too, which is sort of the reason it was introduced
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Blue Oval84 said:
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If your house is on fire, press 2.
If you've just had a heart attack, press 3.
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