
Kyrgyzstan (alongside 101 for Fire, 102 for Police and 103 for Ambulance).Kazakhstan (alongside 101 for Fire, 102 for Police and 103 for Ambulance).Alongside 100 for Police, 101 for Ambulance and 102 for Fire). Israel (Redirects to 100 – Police – alongside 911, and will serve the planned unified center.Iran (alongside 110 for Police, 115 for Ambulance, 112 for Hilal Ahmar Ambulance and 125 for Fire 911 is redirected to 112 on mobile phones).Indonesia (alongside 110 for Police, 118 for Ambulance, 113 for Fire and alongside 112).India (alongside 100 for Police, 101 for Fire, 108 for Ambulance and 102 for Emergency Disaster Management Now in India 112 is emergency for all including for Ambulance and Fire).Hong Kong (Automatically connects to the 999 emergency call centre from any local mobile phone network that has coverage in the location).China (A recorded guidance about the correct SOS numbers in China: Police 110, Ambulance 120, Fire 119.Azerbaijan (alongside 102 for Police, 103 for Ambulance, alongside 112, 911 forwards to 112 on GSM carriers only).

South Africa (alongside 10111 for Police and 10177 for Ambulance and Fire).Senegal (alongside 17 for Police, 18 for Fire, and 15 for Ambulance).Rwanda (Police and fire brigade 912 for Ambulance).Mauritius (Police only alongside 114 for Ambulance and 115 for Fire).Egypt (alongside 122 for Police, 123 for Ambulance and 180 for Fire).

Nations that have adopted it (including as a redirect alongside a pre-existing other emergency number) include: With numeric keypads, pressing only the first and second button on the keypad is marginally easier in a difficult situation than other keys.Īfter adoption in continental Western Europe, other countries began to use the 112 number for emergencies. For this reason, Germany's police emergency number was changed from 111 to 110. Additionally, with telephone systems using pulse dialling, briefly activating the hook once has the same effect as dialling "1", so repeatedly pushing the hook might result in calling 1-1-1. The same choice also maximises dialling speed.


A " cocaine alert" sign posted by GGD Amsterdam: the sign reminds people to "Call 112 for an ambulance."ġ12 was first standardised as the pan-European number for emergency services following the adoption of recommendation by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) in 1976 and has since been enshrined a CEPT Decision ECC/DEC/(17)05.
