emergency number

Urgent help line

An emergency number is a telephone number designated for urgent situations requiring immediate assistance from police, fire, or medical services.

In the United States and Canada, the emergency number is 911; in the UK, it's 999; the European standard is 112.

Call the emergency number if someone is having a heart attack.

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