112 (emergency Telephone Number) - Implementation

Implementation

Countries which use the 112 number for emergencies include:

  • Algeria (mobile phones only)
  • Andorra
  • Australia (redirects to 000)
  • Austria (alongside 122 for Fire Department, 133 for Police, and 144 for Emergency Medical Services)
  • Belarus (alongside 101 for Fire Department, 102 for Police, and 103 for Emergency Medical Services)
  • Belgium (alongside 100 for Medical emergencies and the Fire Department and 101 for the Police)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (alongside 122 for Police)
  • Brazil (alongside 193 for Fire Department, 190 for Police, and 192 for Emergency Medical Services)
  • Bulgaria (former 150 for Medical emergencies, 166 for the Police and 160 for the Fire Department are redirected to 112 services)
  • Canada (Redirects to 911 on GSM mobile phone networks)
  • Colombia (police only)
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic (alongside 155 for Hospital Ambulance, 158 for Police and 150 for Fire Department)
  • Denmark (including Greenland, Faroe Islands)
  • Egypt
  • Estonia (alongside 110 for Police)
  • Finland (including Ă…land)
  • France (alongside 15 for Hospital Ambulance, 17 for Gendarmerie/Police and 18 for Fire & Fire Service Ambulance)
  • Germany (alongside 110 for Police)
  • Gibraltar
  • Georgia
  • Greece (alongside 100 for the police, 108 for port police, 166 for medical emergencies and 199 for the fire service)
  • Hong Kong (Redirects to 999 on mobile phone networks)
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India (police only)
  • Indonesia (police only)
  • Iran (Redirects to 110 on GSM mobile phone networks)
  • Ireland (alongside 999)
  • Israel (mobile phones only, alongside 100 for police, 101 for medical emergency and 102 for fire service)
  • Italy (Carabinieri only, they can forward the call to other emergency services)
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon (police only)
  • Liechtenstein (Emergency Services)
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macau (alongside 999)
  • Macedonia (alongside 192 for Police, 193 for Fire Department, 194 for Emergency Medical Care)
  • Malta
  • Malaysia (Redirects to 999 on mobile phone networks)
  • Moldova (Redirects to 902 only on cellphone networks)
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro (alongside 122 for Police, 123 for Fire Department and 124 for Emergency Medical Care)
  • Netherlands (0900-8844 is the non-emergency number for any local police department)
  • New Zealand (redirects to 111)
  • Norway (police only, 110 for the fire department and 113 for emergency medical care. 02800 is the non-emergency number for any local police department)
  • Pakistan (alongside 15 and 16)
  • Poland (alongside 999 for emergency medical care, 998 for fire service, and 997 for local police; full functionality planned for 2014)
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda (police only)
  • San Marino (police only)
  • Serbia (alongside 192 for police, 193 for fire department, and 194 for emergency medical care)
  • Slovakia (alongside 155 for hospital ambulance, 158 for police and 150 for fire department)
  • Slovenia (alongside 113 for police)
  • South Africa (mobile phones only)
  • South Korea (police only)
  • Spain (alongside 091 for Police, 061 for hospital ambulance and 062 for Guardia Civil)
  • Sweden (alongside 114 14 for non-emergency calls to the police)
  • Switzerland (alongside 117 for Police, 144 for Hospital Ambulance and 118 for Fire Department)
  • Syria
  • Taiwan (Mobile phones only. Press "0" for police(110), press "9" for fire department(119).)
  • Turkey (ambulance only; a pilot project is under way which will enable the usage of the number for all emergency calls)
  • Ukraine (Pilot project in Kharkiv and Lviv; Kiev and Donetsk to be covered in 2012 with nationwide coverage afterwards)
  • United Kingdom (alongside 999, both numbers function identically)
  • United States (Redirects to 9-1-1 on GSM mobile phone networks only; several states implement cellphone-only alternate numbers for highway emergencies)
  • Vanuatu
  • Vatican City (Gendarmerie only)
  • Zimbabwe

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