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  2. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

  3. 311 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of 3-1-1 for informational services was in Baltimore, Maryland, where the service commenced on 2 October 1996. [2] 3-1-1 is intended to connect callers to a call center that can be the same as the 9-1-1 call center, but with 3-1-1 calls assigned a secondary priority, answered only when no 9-1-1 calls are waiting.

  4. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Text phone – 0800 81 12; Non-emergency police – 0900 88 44 [a] or 0343 578 844; [68] Non-emergency police (text phone) – 0900 18 44; Suicide prevention – 0800-0113; Animal emergency – 144; Child abuse – 0900 123 12 30; [a] Anti-bullying hotline – 0800 90 50. North Macedonia: 192 or 112 [b] 194 or 112 [b] 193 or 112 [b]

  5. Residents asked to use online option for non-emergency ... - AOL

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    Jan. 15—MOSES LAKE — Officials at the Multi-Agency Communications Center are asking people calling the non-emergency line to use the website's reporting app instead. Director D.T. Donaldson ...

  6. N11 code - Wikipedia

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    The mnemonic N stands for the digits 2 through 9 and thus the syntax stands for the codes 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, 811, and 911. These dialing codes provide access to special local services, such as 911 for emergency services, which is a facility mandated by law in the United States. The (FCC) in CC Docket 92-105, specified how the N11 ...

  7. Chatham County officials establish non-emergency call center ...

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    The board's action at its meeting Friday will create six new full-time positions including a non-emergency communications manager. Chatham County officials establish non-emergency call center amid ...

  8. Emergency text messaging services - Wikipedia

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    In France, there is a separate phone number for the deaf and hearing impaired, 114. It is separate from the phone numbers 15, 17, 18 or 112. It is separate from the phone numbers 15, 17, 18 or 112. Through this service, individuals can contact emergency services through text and an application.

  9. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    The emergency number 999 was adopted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1959 at the urging of Stephen Juba, mayor of Winnipeg at the time. [4] The city changed the number to 911 in 1972, in order to be consistent with the newly adopted U.S. emergency number. [5] Several other countries besides the UK have adopted 999 as their emergency number.