9-1-1 is the emergency phone number in the United States, and inhabitants know to call it in the case of an emergency.
Other nations’ systems are comparable enough that you can obtain aid fast in an emergency, even if this number isn’t the same everywhere.
In certain nations, the police, ambulance, and fire departments have emergency numbers.
If you need immediate help, you may dial a single emergency phone number for most public telephone networks. Emergency calls are taken by a telephone operator or a situation dispatcher, and the operator and dispatcher verify the nature of the emergency.
Life-threatening circumstances need immediate guidance from dispatchers.
On July 1, 1937, London became the first city in the world to implement an emergency number system. We were dialing 999 when the call came in. In 1946, the first emergency telephone number was published in the United States.
The emergency number in Los Angeles, California, was 116. In the 1980s, the 911 emergency phone system became widely used after being implemented in Alabama in 1968.
Are you traveling to a new place? Make sure you’ve saved the emergency contact information on your phone. In some nations, there are phone numbers for police, fire, and health care emergencies.
Most nations have three-digit emergency numbers, like the United States, but only a few countries, like the United Kingdom and Australia, have extended emergency numbers.
Chad (2251-4242 and 772-03-73 respectively) and Comoros (772-03-73 and 772-03-73 have lengthier ambulance/medical emergency numbers, and Guinea has a six-digit emergency number for fire (442-020).
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Many nations, including American Samoa, Aruba, Barbados, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines, and many others, are shown in the table below and also use 911 as their emergency phone number.
The listing also includes the emergency phone numbers for police, ambulance, and fire in other nations.
Country | Police | Ambulance | Fire |
---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 119 | 112 | 119 |
Albania | 129 | 127 | 128 |
Algeria | 1548 | 14 | 14 |
American Samoa | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Andorra | 110 | 116 | 118 |
Angola | 113 | 112 | 115 |
Anguilla | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 911 or 999 | 911 or 999 | 911 or 999 |
Argentina | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Armenia | 112 or 911 | 112 or 911 | 112 or 911 |
Aruba | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Australia | 000 | 000 | 000 |
Austria | 112 or 133 | 144 | 122 |
Azerbaijan | 102 | 103 | 101 |
Bahamas | 911 or 919 | 911 or 919 | 911 or 919 |
Bahrain | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Bangladesh | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Barbados | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Belarus | 102 | 103 | 101 |
Belgium | 101 | 112 | 112 |
Belize | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Benin | 117 | 112 | 118 |
Bermuda | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Bhutan | 113 | 112 | 110 |
Bolivia | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 122 | 124 | 123 |
Botswana | 999 | 997 | 998 |
Brazil | 190 | 192 | 193 |
British Virgin Islands | 911 or 999 | 911 or 919 | 911 or 919 |
Brunei | 993 | 991 | 995 |
Bulgaria | 112 or 166 | 112 or 150 | 112 or 160 |
Burkina Faso | 17 | 112 | 18 |
Burundi | 117 | 112 | 118 |
Cambodia | 117 | 119 | 118 |
Cameroon | 117 | 119 | 118 |
Canada | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Cape Verde | 132 | 130 | 131 |
Cayman Islands | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Central African Republic | 117 | 1220 | 118 |
Chad | 17 | 2251-4242 | 18 |
Chile | 133 | 131 | 132 |
China | 110 | 120 | 119 |
Colombia | 123 | 123 | 123 |
Comoros | 17 | 772-03-73 | 18 |
Cook Islands | 999 | 998 | 996 |
Costa Rica | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Croatia | 192 | 194 | 193 |
Cuba | 106 | 104 | 105 |
Curacao | 911 | 912 | 911 |
Cyprus | 112 or 199 | 112 or 199 | 112 or 199 |
Czech Republic | 158 | 155 | 150 |
Denmark | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Djibouti | 17 | 19 | 18 |
Dominica | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Dominican Republic | 911 | 911 | 911 |
DR Congo | 112 | 118 | 118 |
Ecuador | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Egypt | 122 | 123 | 180 |
El Salvador | 911 | 132 | 913 |
Equatorial Guinea | 114 | 115 | 112 |
Eritrea | 113 | 114 | 116 |
Estonia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Eswatini | 999 | 977 | 933 |
Ethiopia | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Falkland Islands | 112 or 999 | 112 or 999 | 112 or 999 |
Faroe Islands | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Fiji | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Finland | 112 | 112 | 112 |
France | 17 | 15 | 18 |
French Guiana | 112 | 112 | 112 |
French Polynesia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Gabon | 1730 | 1300 | 18 |
Gambia | 117 | 116 | 118 |
Georgia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Germany | 110 | 112 | 112 |
Ghana | 191 | 193 | 192 |
Gibraltar | 199 or 112 or 999 | 190 or 112 or 999 | 190 or 112 or 999 |
Greece | 100 | 166 | 199 |
Greenland | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Grenada | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Guadeloupe | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Guam | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Guatemala | 110 | 128 | 122 |
Guinea | 117 | 18 | 442-020 |
Guinea-Bissau | 117 | 119 | 118 |
Guyana | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Haiti | 114 | 116 | 115 |
Honduras | 911 | 195 | 198 |
Hong Kong | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Hungary | 107 | 104 | 105 |
Iceland | 112 | 112 | 112 |
India | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Indonesia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Iran | 110 | 115 | 125 |
Iraq | 112 | 122 | 115 |
Ireland | 999 or 112 | 999 or 112 | 999 or 112 |
Isle of Man | 112 or 999 | 112 or 999 | 112 or 999 |
Israel | 100 | 101 | 102 |
Italy | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Ivory Coast | 110 or 111 or 170 | 185 | 180 |
Jamaica | 119 | 110 | 110 |
Japan | 110 | 119 | 119 |
Jordan | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Kazakhstan | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Kenya | 112 or 999 or 911 | 112 or 999 or 911 | 112 or 999 or 911 |
Kiribati | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Kuwait | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Kyrgyzstan | 102 | 103 | 101 |
Laos | 191 | 195 | 190 |
Latvia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Lebanon | 999 or 112 | 140 | 175 |
Lesotho | 123 | 121 | 122 |
Liberia | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Libya | 1515 | 193 | 1515 |
Liechtenstein | 117 | 144 | 118 |
Lithuania | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Luxembourg | 112 | Police - 113. | |
Macau | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Madagascar | 117 | 124 | 118 |
Malawi | 997 | 998 | 999 |
Malaysia | 999 | 994 | 994 |
Maldives | 119 | 102 | 118 |
Mali | 17 | 15 | 18 |
Malta | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Marshall Islands | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Martinique | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Mauritania | 117 | 101 | 118 |
Mauritius | 112 | 114 | 115 |
Mayotte | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Mexico | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Micronesia | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Moldova | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Monaco | 17 | 15 | 18 |
Mongolia | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Montenegro | 122 | 124 | 123 |
Montserrat | 911 or 999 | 911 or 919 | 911 or 919 |
Morocco | 19 | 15 | 15 |
Mozambique | 119 | 117 | 198 |
Myanmar | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Namibia | 10 111 | depends on town/city | depends on town/city |
Nauru | 110 | 111 | 112 |
Nepal | 100 | 102 | 101 |
Netherlands | 112 | 112 | 112 |
New Caledonia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
New Zealand | 111 | 111 | 111 |
Nicaragua | 118 | 128 | 115 |
Niger | 17 | 15 | 18 |
Nigeria | 112 | 112 | 112 |
North Korea | 110 | 119 | 119 |
Norway | 112 | 113 | 110 |
Oman | 9999 | 9999 | 9999 |
Pakistan | 15 | 115 and 1122 | 16 |
Palau | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Panama | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Papua New Guinea | 112 | 111 | 110 |
Paraguay | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Peru | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Philippines | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Poland | 997 | 999 | 998 |
Portugal | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Puerto Rico | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Qatar | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Republic of the Congo | 117 | 118 | 118 |
Reunion | 112 | 15 | 18 |
Romania | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Russia | 102 | 103 | 101 |
Rwanda | 112 | 912 | 112 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Saint Lucia | 911 or 999 | 911 or 919 | 911 or 919 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 911 or 999 | 911 or 919 | 911 or 919 |
Samoa | 999 | 999 | 999 |
San Marino | 113 | 118 | 115 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Saudi Arabia | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Senegal | 17 | 18 | 1515 |
Serbia | 192 or 112 | 194 | 193 |
Seychelles | 112 | 151 | 112 |
Sierra Leone | 19 | 999 | 999 |
Singapore | 999 | 995 | 995 |
Slovakia | 158 | 155 | 150 |
Slovenia | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Solomon Islands | 911 or 999 | 911 or 999 | 911 or 999 |
Somalia | 888 | 999 | 555 |
South Africa | 10 111 | 10 177 | 10 177 |
South Korea | 112 | 119 | 119 |
South Sudan | 999 | 999 | 999 |
Spain | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Sri Lanka | 119 | 110 | 110 |
Sudan | 999 | Traffic police - 777 777. | |
Suriname | 115 | 115 | 115 |
Sweden | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Switzerland | 117 | 144 | 118 |
Syria | 112 | 110 | 113 |
Taiwan | 110 | 119 | 119 |
Tajikistan | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Tanzania | 112 | 114 | 115 |
Thailand | 191 or 911 | 1669 | 199 |
Timor-Leste | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Togo | 117 | 8200 | 118 |
Tonga | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 999 or 911 | 811 | 990 |
Tunisia | 197 | 198 | 190 |
Turkey | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Turkmenistan | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Tuvalu | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Uganda | 112 | 911 | 112 |
United Arab Emirates | 999 | 999 | 999 |
United Kingdom | 999 or 112 | 999 or 112 | 999 or 112 |
United States | 911 | 911 | 911 |
United States Virgin Islands | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Uruguay | 911 | 911 | 911 |
Uzbekistan | 102 | 101 | 103 |
Vanuatu | 112 | 911 | 911 |
Vatican City | 112 | 112 | 112 |
Venezuela | 911 and 171 | 911 and 171 | 911 and 171 |
Vietnam | 113 | 115 | 114 |
Western Sahara | 150 | 150 | 150 |
Yemen | 194 | 191 | 191 |
Zambia | 999 | 992 | 993 |
Zimbabwe | 999 | 994 | 993 |