999 (emergency Telephone Number)
999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance.
States using 999 include the United Kingdom, Kingdom of Swaziland, Ireland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Macau, Bahrain, Qatar, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, Zimbabwe, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Read more about 999 (emergency Telephone Number): United Kingdom, Ireland, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago
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