911 system

Crisis response hotline

The 911 system is the emergency telephone network in the United States and Canada that routes calls to local police, fire, and medical services.

Dialing 911 connects callers to dispatchers who coordinate emergency response.

Enhanced 911 (E911) automatically transmits the caller's location to dispatchers.

She called 911 when she saw the accident.

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