911 = police?

[AnarchistFish]

999 is simpler than 911 so I've never mistaken them. And I've never heard anyone mistake them.

I have accidentally called them a couple of times lol. Although that was when I locked myself out of my phone and didn't realise what "Emergency Call" meant cos I'm a retard

 

[Creator002]

In Australia it's officially 000, but I'm sure 911 works too. From what I understand, due to the amount of American influence in the media, too many children were dialing 911 in emergencies and getting nowhere, so they made 911 redirect to 000.

 

[Superasil]

I don't know what your friends talking about, i live in Canada as well, and it's 911 here for calling emergencies. Maybe it's different in different provinces? Never heard about it though. In some smaller towns you have to specifically dial police or fire departments though.

 

[theevilone4]

So, I live in Canada, and I know for a fact that the emergency number here -is- 911. I'd know, I've called it a couple times.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Finally, I find the Australian emergency number kind of interesting, because on a lot of American phone systems, 00 gets you the operator. I wonder how many American tourists in Australia call emergency services while trying to contact an operator every year...

Phone sex lines and the like used to start withh 0055, IIRC, but they were changed for this reason to 1900, or so I'm told.

 

[Lukeje]

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).

911 still works though, I think it's that way for a lot of countries that get American TV.

They get almost subliminally messaged it, when there is "an accident" somebody always shouts call 911, so the police (and such) just have it redirected to 999

I knew about 112 but only 'cos I used to play with my phone to see which numbers I could dial on a locked phone

Again: 911 only works from mobile phones. Not landline phones.

 

[Zantos]

When I went to Escapism UK, travel sites made sure I knew the emergency number was 999 (I think) and not 911, but it's not like my phone worked there, anyways.

BEHOLD THE FUTURE

http://www.bouncyuk.co.uk/our70slife/lond_15-London-The-Classical-Red-Phone-Box.jpgits an amazing device that turns your change into call time.

I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw one of these that actually took real money. It saddens me, also I have no clue how to pay for phone box calls.

 

[johnzaku]

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.

Happy birthday =D

er.... is your b-day november 2nd? (american 11.02.) or February 11th?

Because if the latter, I rescind all good birthday tidings! But you can keep the regular good tidings

 

[Beautifully Chaotic]

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.

Happy birthday =D

er.... is your b-day november 2nd? (american 11.02.) or February 11th?

Because if the latter, I rescind all good birthday tidings! But you can keep the regular good tidings

I was tempted to ask the same thing, but figured it was Feb 11 because there wasn't the usual internet poster (Happy Birthday to Me!!!) following the date. lol

 

[CODE-D]

Everyone knows the real number is 912, well for people of caliber *scoff* *scoff*

 

[Varitel]

I am from the US and am only know 911 in the US and 999 in the UK.

Of course 911 is not the emergency number outside the US. In Britain, for instance, it is 0118-999-881-999-119-7253.

Thank you for making that joke.

 

[Wuggy]

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.

Happy birthday =D

er.... is your b-day november 2nd? (american 11.02.) or February 11th?

Because if the latter, I rescind all good birthday tidings! But you can keep the regular good tidings

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.

Happy birthday =D

er.... is your b-day november 2nd? (american 11.02.) or February 11th?

Because if the latter, I rescind all good birthday tidings! But you can keep the regular good tidings

I was tempted to ask the same thing, but figured it was Feb 11 because there wasn't the usual internet poster (Happy Birthday to Me!!!) following the date. lol

Haha, it's February 2nd. I used the Finnish method of labeling dates. But hey, thanks regardless!

 

[chowderface]

Of course 911 is not the emergency number outside the US. In Britain, for instance, it is 0118-999-881-999-119-7253.

Be a woman so you can have my babies. Please.

 

[exessmirror]

in most of europe it is 112, and they say it like everyware with an emergency flyer thingy

 

[fphhotchips]

112 is the GSM standard emergency number - you should be able to dial it on any mobile/cell in the world (I assume it works for CDMA as well) and get emergency response. My host in the states (city fire chief) was quite surprised when he tried it and it worked.

Edit: Australian, btw.

 

[IamQ]

Nope. I've always known that it's 112 here in Sweden.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

it WAS 119 in Korea, but im not sure if it still is.

i know in the US that if you dial 9 and then hang up the phone twice, itll dial to the police. Found that out the hard way when the police showed up at the door 5 minutes later making sure everything was ok.

on another note, you can still dial 911 on a phone that has no plan attached to it. That way no matter where the phone is from, you can still dial out for an emergency.