Emergency telephone number

"Emergency call" redirects here. For other uses, see Emergency Call (disambiguation).
Sign reading "911 emergency use only"
911 is the emergency number used in many countries in the Americas.
Red fire truck with 1-1-2 painted in yellow on its side
A fire truck in Ennigerloh, Germany, with the European emergency number 112 painted on its side
Implementation of the two ITU approved[1] emergency telephone numbers in the world:
  112
  911
  112 and 911
  Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only

An emergency telephone number is a number that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly. Some countries have a different emergency number for each of the different emergency services; these often differ only by the last digit.

In many countries, dialing either 112 (used in Europe and parts of Asia, Africa and South America) or 911 (used mostly in the Americas) will connect callers to emergency services. For individual countries, see the list of emergency telephone numbers.

  1. ^ "911 and 112 are the world's standard emergency numbers, ITU decides". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-07-26.