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Emergency phone numbers

Emergency phone numbers
Worldwide 767
Subscribers of Iridium Satellite phone and SOS International can dial 767 (SOS) to get help or medical evacuation to the nearest SOS International medical centre.
This number has not been yet installed in fixed telephony.
The GSM mobile phone standard includes 112 as an emergency number, and in countries where 112 is not the standard emergency telephone number, GSM telephone users who make calls to 112 generally have their calls redirected to the local emergency telephone number, if it exists. This is valuable for foreign travelers, who may not know the local emergency number. Most GSM mobile phones can dial 112 calls even when the phone keyboard is locked, the phone is without a SIM card, or instead of the PIN.
Using 112 instead of another emergency number on a GSM phone may be advantageous, since 112 is recognized by all GSM phones as an emergency number.

However, some GSM networks (e.g. in Belgium, Spain, UK, Liechtenstein, Austria) are reported to connect emergency calls only from phones with a valid account on their network, e.g. customers and roamers only.
Latin American GSM networks typically do not allow 112 calls without a SIM
Not all countries treat wireless emergency calls in the same way. In general, a country's emergency numbers will all route to 112 as a single point of contact for mobile-originated emergency calls.
AFRICA | Top of the page
Ghana 193 or 999
South Africa 10177
Tunisia 190
Zimbabwe 994 or 999
ASIA | Top of the page
China 120
Hong Kong 999
India 102
Indonesia 118/119
Iran 115
Israel 101
Japan 119
Kuwait 777
Lebanon 140
Macau 999
Malaysia 999
Mongolia 102
Oman 9999
Pakistan 115
Philippines 112
Qatar 999
Saudi Arabia 997
Singapore 995. 112 is only for the Police
South Korea 112
Taiwan 119
Thailand 1669
Turkey 112
United Arab Emirates 997
Vietnam 115
EUROPE | Top of the page
The most common European emergency number 112 (following Directive 2002/22/EC - Universal Service Directive) and also standard on GSM mobile phones. 112 is used in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom in addition to their other emergency numbers.
Austria 112
Belarus 103
Belgium 100 or 112
Bulgaria 150 or 112
Croatia 94 or 112
Cyprus 112 or 199
Czech Republic 155 or 112
Denmark 112
Estonia 112
Finland 112
France More severe 15 or 112
Less severe 18 or 112
Germany 112
Greece 166 or 112
Hungary 104 or 112
Iceland 112
Republic of Ireland 112 or 999
Italy 118, 112 is the Carabinieri (police)
Latvia 03 or 112
Lithuania 03, 103, 033, or 112
Luxembourg 112
Republic of Macedonia 194 or 112
Malta 112
Moldova 903, is being implementes 112 (finished by 2010)
Netherlands 112
Norway 113
Poland 999 or 112
Portugal 112
Romania 112
Russia 03, emergency (starting 2008-2009) 112
Serbia 94 or 112
Slovakia 155 or 112
Slovenia 112
Spain 061 or 112
Sweden 112
Switzerland 144 or 112
Ukraine 03 or 103
United Kingdom 999 or 112
OCEANIA | Top of the page
Australia 000
Fiji 911
New Zealand 111
Vanuatu 112
NORTH AMERICA | Top of the page
Canada 911
Mexico 066, 060, or 080
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 15
United States of America 911
CENTRAL AMERICA, CARIBBEAN | Top of the page
Barbados 511
Costa Rica 911
Dominican Republic 911
Jamaica 119
Trinidad and Tobago 990
SOUTH AMERICA | Top of the page
Argentina 107
Bolivia 118
Brazil 192
Chile 131
Colombia 112
Guyana 913
Paraguay 911
Suriname 115
Uruguay 911
Venezuela 171
Updated: January, 27 2010 08:43:10
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