| Mexico
is listed with "08", this is now changing to "080". It's
provided by a private company in association with the Mexican phone
company (the only one we have for local phone calls. This service is not
universal since you have to pay a monthly fee so you can have access to
it. But it's close to 911. It's not activated in every city, they are
trying to. It is a long way from happening. 6-26-1998 |
The European Union (EU) has selected 112 as the Union's
official emergency number, and required member nations to implement it by
Dec. 1992. However, several countries, including England (999), already
had three-digit numbers and, since the EU directive, have continued to
operate them in parallel with the required 112 number. As yet, the EU has not
required nations to use only 112. The EU members are:
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Germany
- Greece
- Spain
- France
- Ireland
- Italy
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- Luxemburg
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Portugal
- UK
- Sweden
- Finland
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| In March 2001, Moscow officials announced that it would
adopt the three-digit number 051 for the city's law enforcement, fire and
EMS operations. The number will replace the 7-digit number 995-9999
previously used, and will eventually phase out the separate two-digit
numbers 01 (fires), 02 (police), 03 (ambulance) and 04 (gas lines). 3-11-2001 |
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