In many countries, dialing either
1-1-2
112 is a common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from most mobile telephones, and in some countries, fixed telephones in order to reach emergency services (ambulance, fire and rescue, police).
112 is a part of the ...
(used in Europe and parts of Asia) or
9-1-1
, usually written 911, is an emergency telephone number for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Palau, Argentina, Philippines, Jordan, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes. Like other emergency n ...
(used in the Americas) will connect callers to the local
emergency service
Emergency services and rescue services are organizations that ensure public safety and health by addressing and resolving different emergencies. Some of these agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies, while others deal w ...
s. Some countries use other
emergency telephone number
Most public switched telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number (sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or the emergency services number) that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assis ...
s, sometimes also depending on the emergency service. The emergency numbers in the world (but not necessarily all of them) are listed below:
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Central America
Caribbean
North America
South America
See also
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000 – emergency number in Australia
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100
100 or one hundred ( Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
– emergency number in India, Greece and Israel
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106 – emergency number in Australia for textphone/TTY
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108 – emergency number in India (22 states)
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110 – emergency number mainly in China, Japan, Taiwan
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111 – emergency number in New Zealand
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112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world
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119
119 may refer to:
* 119 (number), a natural number
* 119 (emergency telephone number)
* AD 119, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 119 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 119 (album), 2012
* 119 (NCT song)
*119 (Show Me the Money song)
* 119 (film), a ...
– emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia
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122 122 may refer to:
*122 (number), a natural number
*AD 122, a year in the 2nd century AD
*122 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*122 (film), ''122'' (film), a 2019 Egyptian psychological horror film
*"One Twenty Two", a 2022 single by the American roc ...
– emergency number for specific services in several countries
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911
911 or 9/11 may refer to:
Dates
* AD 911
* 911 BC
* September 11
** 9/11, the September 11 attacks of 2001
** 11 de Septiembre, Chilean coup d'état in 1973 that outed the democratically elected Salvador Allende
* November 9
Numbers
* 911 ...
– emergency number in North America and the Philippines
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999 – emergency number in many countries
Explanatory notes
References
{{Emergency telephone numbers
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