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smeghead00

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actually, in the UK 911 redirects to 999. So 999, 911 ans 112 all work here
999 calls the nearest available service
112 directs to the nearest service
So you can ring 999 from London and get emergency services in Manchester if all others are busy
 

Bobbity

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The emergency number in Australia is 000, but so many people watch American TV in Victoria, at least, 911 gets redirected to 000. :p

BreakfastMan said:
Of course 911 is not the emergency number outside the US. In Britain, for instance, it is 0118-999-881-999-119-7253. ;)
IT crowd, loving it!
At least I hope it is. There aren't too many shows with ridiculously long emergency numbers. :p
 

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AtlantisReborn said:
It's 112 in The Netherlands too.
Yup. It used to be 0611 AGES ago, but then the European Union decided it was easier if it was the same in every country. Hence we got 112 now.
 

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BreakfastMan said:
Of course 911 is not the emergency number outside the US. In Britain, for instance, it is 0118-999-881-999-119-7253. ;)
Oh IT Crowd.

OT - No, I've never thought it was 911 anywhere other than the US.
 

Eccentric_Jon

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112 is a European standard number, and is better than the UK 999, since it triangulates your location on a mobile/cell phone
 

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BreakfastMan said:
Of course 911 is not the emergency number outside the US. In Britain, for instance, it is 0118-999-881-999-119-7253. ;)
Thanks for the song virus, now I have that bloody jingle in my head. :)
 

UrieHusky

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In new zealand, the emergency services number is 111, but one time out of panic I accidently dialed 911, turns out it re-directs to 111 anyway, so yeah.
 

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Lukeje said:
Apparently it's quite common for children to think that the number is 911 (from American TV shows such as Sesame Street). Anyway; here in the UK it's either 999 or 112 (though hardly anyone knows about the latter).
It's also 911 in case you didn't know. They had to make that work because American tv is so prevalent that many many people who need to call emergency services automatically think 911 because we hear it so much.
 

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Yet another Canuck to confirm we DO have 911.

In Vancouver, the companie ecomm911 handles the dispatching to the three emergency lines.
 

TITAN59650

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It is definitely 911 all across Canada, you friend either skipped school to much or should move out from under that rock. I'm not sure how you would miss this if he/she grew up in Canada as it is posted on all police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, phone booths and payphones as well as in the first page of every phone book.

I'm also pretty certain that 911 is standard across all of the United States as well.

P.S. has your friend managed to avoid seeing a police car his entire life? even if he lives in the country he should have at least seen and RCMP at some point.
 

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When I admit when I was little I did used to think it was 911 (I said I was little) and yes I blame the US shows like Cop for that. Anyway in the UK it's 999 for the emergency.
 

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Wuggy said:
Nikolaz72 said:
Wuggy said:
holy_secret said:
In Sweden, it's 112.
However! If you call 911, you'll be redirected to the emergency center anyways.
Exactly same here in Finland. The emergency number is 112, but if you dial 911 it directs it back to 112. Incidentally, my birthday is 11.02.
What a coincidence, its 112 here in Denmark aswell.
Hmm, I guess it's a Scandinavian-ish thing then. I betcha Norway has 112 as well.


That's correct and so does the EU. I'm surprised people from the EU don't know this.

Wikipedia: 112 (pronounced one-one-two) is the principal emergency telephone in the European Union (EU), its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(emergency_telephone_number)
 

Wuggy

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yeel said:
Wuggy said:
Nikolaz72 said:
Wuggy said:
holy_secret said:
In Sweden, it's 112.
However! If you call 911, you'll be redirected to the emergency center anyways.
Exactly same here in Finland. The emergency number is 112, but if you dial 911 it directs it back to 112. Incidentally, my birthday is 11.02.
What a coincidence, its 112 here in Denmark aswell.
Hmm, I guess it's a Scandinavian-ish thing then. I betcha Norway has 112 as well.


That's correct and so does the EU. I'm surprised people from the EU don't know this.

Wikipedia: 112 (pronounced one-one-two) is the principal emergency telephone in the European Union (EU), its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(emergency_telephone_number)
Oh, that's interesting. I haven't had really need to know the emergency numbers of other countries, particularly in the EU since I haven't visited a lot of EU countries other than Sweden. So don't be surprised, even though it's the stereotype that US people are oblivious to common knowledge facts, it applies to the rest of us as well in a lot of cases. :p

Now that you mention it though, I do think I've heard that it's an EU thing before. I just didn't remember that.
 

Arduras

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Here in the Great Aussieland we have:
911 - general
112 - any network
132500 - Flood Rescue

and probably a dozen bloody others (its confusing because all these phonecalls goto the exact same call centre anyway)
 

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Wuggy said:
Nikolaz72 said:
Wuggy said:
holy_secret said:
In Sweden, it's 112.
However! If you call 911, you'll be redirected to the emergency center anyways.
Exactly same here in Finland. The emergency number is 112, but if you dial 911 it directs it back to 112. Incidentally, my birthday is 11.02.
What a coincidence, its 112 here in Denmark aswell.
Hmm, I guess it's a Scandinavian-ish thing then. I betcha Norway has 112 as well.

Yup, 112 here too.
 

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Arduras said:
Here in the Great Aussieland we have:
911 - general
112 - any network
132500 - Flood Rescue

and probably a dozen bloody others (its confusing because all these phonecalls goto the exact same call centre anyway)
...

Que hordes of angry bogans.
 

Cazza

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Australia's emergency number is triple zero (000). It's so simple to remeber. Though any three numbers are.

Arduras said:
Here in the Great Aussieland we have:
911 - general
112 - any network
132500 - Flood Rescue

and probably a dozen bloody others (its confusing because all these phonecalls goto the exact same call centre anyway)
Where did you get 911 from?

I think I read somewhere it was all local and a wide range of other countires emergency numbers were added just incase some poor Brit or American got in trouble and called theirs. But the number your meant to ring is 000.