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minus-squarePbNews@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSorry I’m a foreign I know 911 is for the police what is 999 for exactly??
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s the British equivalent. In the US people dial 911, in the UK it’s 999
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBelieve it or not, also the police. Just in a different country.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoPolice, fire, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue. Then the police phone the Ministry of Defence who send a disposal team. 999 is the original. 911 didn’t come along until 30 years later.
minus-squarespizzat2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI don’t know. Personally, I would have called 0118999881999119725… 3
Sorry I’m a foreign I know 911 is for the police what is 999 for exactly??
It’s the British equivalent.
In the US people dial 911, in the UK it’s 999
Believe it or not, also the police. Just in a different country.
Police, fire, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue.
Then the police phone the Ministry of Defence who send a disposal team.
999 is the original. 911 didn’t come along until 30 years later.
I don’t know. Personally, I would have called 0118999881999119725… 3