Emergency Contacts

Emergency numbers worldwide

China

Police 110
Ambulance 120
Fire 119
Separate numbers for police/ambulance/fire
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Japan

Police 110
Ambulance 119
Fire 119
Police 110, Fire/Ambulance 119; English available
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South Korea

Police 112
Ambulance 119
Fire 119
1330 tourist helpline (CN/EN/JP)
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Singapore

Police 999
Ambulance 995
Fire 995
999 reaches the police; 995 is the SCDF line for fire and emergency ambulance. For a non-emergency ambulance, call 1777.
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Thailand

Police 191
Ambulance 1669
Fire 199
Tourist Police: 1155 (Chinese available)
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Malaysia

Police 999
Ambulance 999
Fire 999
999 (MERS) is the single national emergency number, covering police, fire & rescue, ambulance, civil defence and maritime.
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Vietnam

Police 113
Ambulance 115
Fire 114
Vietnam tourism hotline: 1800 599 909 (toll-free)
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Indonesia

Police 110
Ambulance 119
Fire 113
Bali tourist police: +62-361-754-599
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India

Police 112 (unified) / 100
Ambulance 112 (unified) / 102
Fire 112 (unified) / 101
Official register: 112 is the integrated helpline (ERSS — police, fire & rescue, health), 102 is the National Ambulance Service (NAS), 100 police, 101 fire. Separately, 108 is the state-run Emergency Response Service ambulance number and is widely used too.
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United States

Police 911 (Universal)
Ambulance 911
Fire 911
911 universal; 311 for non-emergency
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Canada

Police 911
Ambulance 911
Fire 911
911 covers police, fire and ambulance across almost all of Canada. A few remote areas have no 911 service and publish local ten-digit numbers instead. In most provinces 811 is the non-emergency health advice line.
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Mexico

Police 911
Ambulance 911
Fire 911
911 is the single national emergency number, in use since 2017 (it replaced 060, 066 and 080). 089 is the anonymous crime-reporting line, and 078 reaches tourist assistance and roadside help (Ángeles Verdes).
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United Kingdom

Police 999 / 112
Ambulance 999 / 112
Fire 999 / 112
101 for non-emergency
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Germany

Police 110
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
EU universal emergency 112
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France

Police 17
Ambulance 15
Fire 18
Universal emergency 112
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Italy

Police 113
Ambulance 118
Fire 115
Universal emergency 112
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Spain

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 is the single nationwide emergency number, reaching police, medical and fire. The legacy direct lines still connect: 091 (National Police), 080 (fire, varies by municipality).
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Netherlands

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
One number 112 for all; non-emergency police 0900-8844
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Russia

Police 102
Ambulance 103
Fire 101
Universal emergency 112
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Australia

Police 000
Ambulance 000
Fire 000
000 universal; 112 also works on mobile
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New Zealand

Police 111
Ambulance 111
Fire 111
111 reaches police, fire and ambulance. 105 is the police non-emergency line, and *555 from a mobile reports non-urgent traffic incidents.
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United Arab Emirates

Police 999
Ambulance 998 / 999
Fire 997
999 police, 998 ambulance, 997 fire (Civil Defence), 996 coastguard. 901 is the police non-emergency line.
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Saudi Arabia

Police 999
Ambulance 997
Fire 998
911 now works in major regions (Riyadh, Mecca, Eastern Province); 999, 997 and 998 still work nationwide; traffic 993
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South Africa

Police 10111
Ambulance 10177
Fire 112 (mobile) / local municipal number
10111 is police and 10177 is ambulance. Fire is a municipal service with no single national number — dial 112 from a GSM mobile to reach an emergency call centre (Cape Town, for example, uses 107).
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Egypt

Police 122
Ambulance 123
Fire 180
Tourist Police: 126
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Turkey

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 is the single national emergency number (legacy 155 police / 110 fire still connect); Tourist Police (Istanbul): +90-212-527-4503
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Philippines

Police 911
Ambulance 911
Fire 911
911 is the nationwide emergency number (replaced the old 117); DOT Tourism Hotline: 1386; Manila Tourist Police: +63-2-8524-1728
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Greece

Police 100
Ambulance 166
Fire 199
EU emergency: 112; Tourist Police: +30-171
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Portugal

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
Portugal uses EU unified emergency number 112
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Switzerland

Police 117
Ambulance 144
Fire 118
The pan-European emergency number 112 also works in Switzerland.
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Brazil

Police 190
Ambulance 192
Fire 193
190 reaches the Military Police, 192 the SAMU ambulance service and 193 the fire brigade (Corpo de Bombeiros). 191 is the Federal Highway Police, for incidents on federal roads.
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Hong Kong

Police 999
Ambulance 999
Fire 999
999 is the single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. 992 is the SMS line for people with hearing or speech difficulties, and the Police general enquiry hotline is 2527 7177.
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Sweden

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 reaches police, ambulance and fire. 114 14 is the police non-emergency line and 1177 the national healthcare advice line.
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Ireland

Police 999 / 112
Ambulance 999 / 112
Fire 999 / 112
Both 999 and 112 reach the Garda, ambulance, fire and the Coast Guard. Garda Confidential, for anonymous reports, is 1800 666 111.
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Belgium

Police 101 / 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 reaches ambulance and fire, and works for police too; 101 is the direct police line. 1733 is the on-call doctor service and 1722 the non-urgent fire line for storm and flood damage.
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Norway

Police 112
Ambulance 113
Fire 110
Norway keeps three separate numbers — 110 fire, 112 police, 113 ambulance. 116 117 is the non-emergency medical line and 02800 the police switchboard.
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Denmark

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 reaches police, ambulance and fire. 114 is the police non-emergency line, and 1813 the out-of-hours medical helpline in the Capital Region.
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Finland

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 is the only emergency number in Finland and is free from any phone, with no area code. The official 112 Suomi app sends your location with the call.
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Poland

Police 112 / 997
Ambulance 112 / 999
Fire 112 / 998
112 is the single emergency number, answered by the national dispatch centres. The legacy lines still connect and are being folded into 112 — 997 police, 998 fire, 999 ambulance.
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Taiwan

Police 110
Ambulance 119
Fire 119
110 is police and 119 covers fire and ambulance. 1990 is the 24-hour Foreign Resident Helpline, free from within Taiwan and answered in English, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Thai.
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Israel

Police 100
Ambulance 101
Fire 102
100 police, 101 Magen David Adom ambulance, 102 fire and rescue. 104 is the Home Front Command line for civil-defence instructions.
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Qatar

Police 999
Ambulance 999
Fire 999
999 reaches police, ambulance and fire. Non-emergency Ministry of Interior services run through the Metrash2 app and the ministry call centre.
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Kuwait

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 is the unified emergency number for police, ambulance and fire; it replaced the separate lines previously used for each service.
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Argentina

Police 911
Ambulance 107
Fire 100
911 is the police line in most provinces, 107 the SAME emergency medical service and 100 the fire brigade. 103 is Civil Defence.
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Chile

Police 133
Ambulance 131
Fire 132
133 Carabineros (police), 131 SAMU ambulance, 132 the fire brigade. 134 reaches the investigative police (PDI) and 130 CONAF for forest fires.
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Colombia

Police 123 / 112
Ambulance 123
Fire 123 / 119
123 is the national single emergency number, and in Bogotá, Medellín and other large cities it is the line that dispatches police, ambulance and fire. Elsewhere the services' own lines are still published and answered — Policía Nacional 112, Bomberos 119 — so check the line your department lists. 132 is the Red Cross and 165 the GAULA anti-kidnapping and extortion line.
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Austria

Police 133 / 112
Ambulance 144 / 112
Fire 122 / 112
112 is the European emergency number and works from any phone, including a locked mobile without a PIN. The national lines are 133 police, 144 ambulance and 122 fire; 140 reaches mountain rescue, 141 the on-call doctor service and 1450 the health advice line. Deaf and hard-of-hearing people can use the DEC112 app or send a text or fax to 0800 133 133.
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Czechia

Police 158 / 112
Ambulance 155 / 112
Fire 150 / 112
112 is the European emergency number. The national lines are 158 police, 155 medical rescue and 150 fire rescue, and 156 reaches the municipal (city) police. All of them run 24 hours a day and are free of charge.
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Bahrain

Police 999
Ambulance 999
Fire 999
999 is the single number for every emergency service — police, ambulance and fire — and calls are free; say which service you need. The police hotline 80008008 is listed for non-emergency police contact.
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Nigeria

Police 112
Ambulance 112
Fire 112
112 is Nigeria's national emergency number: calls go to Emergency Communication Centres set up by the Nigerian Communications Commission, which connect to the police, fire service, Federal Road Safety Corps and other responders. The federal government reaffirmed it as the single toll-free number in 2026, but rollout is still uneven between states, and some states also run their own emergency lines.
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Kenya

Police 999
Ambulance 999
Fire 999
The National Police Service lists 999, 112 and 911 as its police hotlines, and 999 and 112 are also the usual numbers for ambulance and fire. Fire and ambulance services are run largely by county governments, which publish their own local lines, so save the numbers for the county you live in.
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The numbers for the 51 countries whose numbers we read on an official page, with that page and the date it was read.

How to cite

Richbay (2026). Emergency phone numbers by country (version 1.0) [Data set]. https://richbay.org/emergency/

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