999 is the United Kingdom's and Ireland's emergency telephone number and Poland's medical emergency number. They are all used alongside the EU standard 112.^[1] Either number can be used but 999 is more popular and better-known than 112. It is also the emergency telephone number in some Commonwealth countries (the rest use a variety of numbers, including 9-1-1). It is also used in Botswana, Ghana, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Bahrain, and Qatar. Many countries public telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number, sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or occasionally the emergency services number, that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Emergency telephone number. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

It is an all-service number, meaning that it should be called in any situations where state-run emergency services are needed. The three main and best-known services are police, fire & rescue services and ambulance/paramedics. Other available services include coastguards, mountain rescue and cave rescue (where locally relevant). Some situations such as a major car accident or a terrorist attack (including nuclear, biological, or chemical attacks) will require multiple and/or specialist services but the first point of call for reporting such incidents from the general public is still the 999 system. In some situations there will be specific instructions on nearby signs to notify some other authority of an emergency before calling 999. For example there are notices on bridges carrying railways over roads telling people that, if they see a road vehicle striking the bridge, they should call the railway authority (on a given number) first and then call 999 to inform the police. Emergency services are public services that deal with emergencies and other aspects of Public Safety. ... A Canadian firefighter A firefighter is trained and equipped to extinguish fires, rescue people, aid and assist during natural disasters and, increasingly, provide emergency medical services. ... An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... Typical view of the defibrillator operator. ... A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. ... Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. ... Cave rescue is a highly specialized field of rescue in which injured or trapped people are removed from or treated in caves and other underground space(Holes). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism. ... -1...

In the UK, the number is operated by BT, Cable & Wireless, Kingston Communications and Global Crossing. These organisations forward calls to the appropriate emergency service for the location and incident; all calls to the number are made free of charge. The operation of 999 is coordinated by the 999 liaison committee. BT Group plc (also known as British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (and previously as British Telecom) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ... Cable and Wireless (LSE: CW.) is a British telecommunications company. ... Kingston Communications PLC is a telecommunications provider based in Kingston upon Hull serving primarily the East Yorkshire area. ... Global Crossing Ltd. ...

United Kingdom

The 999 service was introduced on 30 June 1937 in the London area. 999 was chosen because of the need for the code to be able to be dialled from A/B button public telephones. The telephone dial (GPO Dial No 11) used with these coin-boxes allowed the digit '0' to be dialled without inserting any money, and it was very easy to adapt the dial to dial '9' without inserting money. All other digits from 2 to 8 were in use somewhere in the UK as the initial digits for subscribers' telephone numbers and hence could not easily be used. Had any other digits been used, other digits between that one and the already free '0' would also have been able to be dialled free of charge. No other telephone numbers existed using combinations of the digits '9' and '0' (other than one in Woolwich) therefore there would be no unauthorised 'free' calls. Thus the easy conversion of coin-box dial was the deciding factor and the fact that 999 was not used anywhere, other than for accessing the occasional 'position 9' of an Engineering Test Desk in the telephone exchange. is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A payphone or pay phone is a public telephone, with payment by inserting money (usually coins) or a debit card (a special telephone card or a multi-purpose card) or credit card before a call is made. ...

The pan-European 112 code was introduced in the UK by BT in December 1992, with little publicity. It connects to existing 999 circuits. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

On 6 October 1998, BT introduced a new system whereby all the information about the location of the calling telephone was transmitted electronically to the relevant service rather than having to read it out (with the possibility of errors). This system is called EISEC (Enhanced Information Service for Emergency Calls) October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Access to the emergency service is provided for the hearing impaired via Textphone and use of the national 'typetalk' relay service. The number is 18000, having previously been 0800 112999. A telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) is an electronic device used for telephone communications by deaf persons and those with other hearing difficulties. ...

101

Since May 2006 a new non-emergency telephone number 101 has been available, initially in Hampshire, and then in Northumbria, Cardiff, South Yorkshire, and 'Leicester and Rutland' for calls to the police that did not require an immediate police response. ^[2] It will be rolled out across England and Wales by 2008 ^[3] and will cost 10p per call.^[4] It is believed that the many non-emergency calls made through the 999 number can be more efficiently dealt with through a second number.^[2] For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom of Angles which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, from two smaller kingdoms of Bernicia and Diera, and... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ... Oakham Castle Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ...

On 30 December 2006, West Midlands Ambulance Service gave Christmas 2006 examples of inappropriate uses of 999 during the festive period, including: a man who could not find his trousers; a man who "couldn't walk from too much dancing"; a man with a finger injury he had sustained two days earlier; an 18-year-old man who had a toothache^[5]. is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A toothache, also known as odontalgia or, less frequently, as odontalgy, is an aching pain in or around a tooth. ...

Hong Kong

999 was introduced to Hong Kong during British rule and continues to be used following the handover in 1997. Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ...

999 services

• Fire Service
• Ambulance
• Police
• Coastguard

(Mud Rescue and Cliff Rescue come under the Coastguard) Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. ...

• Mountain Rescue
• Cave Rescue
• Bomb disposal
• Nuclear Emergency

Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. ... Cave rescue is a highly specialized field of rescue in which injured or trapped people are removed from or treated in caves and other underground space(Holes). ... It has been suggested that Improvised Explosive Device Disposal be merged into this article or section. ...

See also

• 911
• 112
• Emergency telephone

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Emergency telephone number. ... Emergency telephone on a beach at Trefor in North Wales An Emergency telephone is a phone specifically provided for making calls to emergency services and are most often found in places of special danger or where it is likely that there will only be a need to make emergency calls. ...

United Kingdom

• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom
• List of UK Police forces
• Her Majesty's Coastguard

A Fire Appliance belonging to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The fire service in the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, a process that has been propelled by a devolution of central government powers, new legislation and a change to operational... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... There are a number of policing agencies in the United Kingdom. ... Her Majestys Coastguard is the agency of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating rescue at sea. ...

Republic of Ireland

• An Garda Síochána (The Irish Police)

Garda Síochána na hÉireann (pronounced ; Irish for Peace Guard of Ireland, often rendered[1] as The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland) is the police force of the Republic of Ireland. ...

References

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External links

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