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. Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...

Call box on U.S. Interstate Highway

They are commonly found alongside motorways (in the UK and New Zealand, Autobahns (in Germany), Autoroutes (in France), highways (in the USA) and similar roads throughout the world. They were installed at 1/4 mile intervals on all limited-access highways ("Freeways") throuough Southern California in the United States as far back as the 1970s. Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ... Motorway mark in Europe. ... The German and Austrian autobahn sign The Swiss autobahn sign Autobahn ( ) (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ... Autoroute is a French word meaning, literally, a motor road, and corresponding to the words motorway or freeway in English. ... Highway in Pennsylvania, USA For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Autobahn be merged into this article or section. ... Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Vintage Disneyland Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ...

Emergency phones can also be found at the ends of bridges or near cliffs which have a history of suicides. These are generally routed directly to appropriate support agencies such as The Samaritans in the UK. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... For the ethnic group of this name, see Samaritan. ...

They are also occasionally found along the coastline where members of the public may wish to report swimmers or boats in danger at sea. In the UK such phones connect directly to the Coastguard. The standard of HM Coastguard Her Majestys Coastguard is the agency of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating rescue at sea. ...

Emergency phone symbol.

In some countries, they are also found in places where people may feel vulnerable or unsafe at night. They are commonly found on university campuses. These are generally linked to security companies who patrol the streets where the phones are located. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campi) is Latin for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...

As cell phone use continues to increase, the need for emergency telephones is reduced and as a result are being phased out in many cities. ^[1] However, they are likely remain vital for safety in areas with poor cell phone coverage and in places of high suicide risk. Motorola T2288 mobile phone A mobile phone is a portable electronic device which behaves as a normal telephone whilst being able to move over a wide area (compare cordless phone which acts as a telephone only within a limited range). ...

These telephones are almost always marked by a placard or sign indicating a unique serial number or identifier which allows the authorities to know exactly where the caller is - even if they do not know - simply by having the caller read the short identifier from the placard over the telephone. In some cases the phones are equipped with the equivalent of caller id and the agent receiving the call can know what the location is even if the caller does not identify it. Caller ID (Caller Identification or CID) is a telephony intelligent network service that transmits the callers telephone number, and in some places the caller s name, to the called partys telephone equipment during the ringing signal or when the call is being set up but before the call...

References

1. ^ Orange County Register, "500 freeway call boxes set to make an exit" May 17, 2005