112 - the single European emergency number

With Europeans as likely to spend a vacation in Paris or Budapest as at the seaside in their own country, they need a single emergency number: one that is easily remembered and will quickly put them in touch with the emergency services they need. This single European emergency number is 112. Wherever your travels in the European Union bring you, 112 can be dialed free of charge, from fixed and mobile phones, or from a phone box. 112 is available in all Member States except Bulgaria.
The film explains more about how 112 works, why it is important for EU citizens and what the EU is doing to make it work even better
http://ec.europa.eu/112

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[pimsteen]

Oh my! I'm actually IN this video! ;)

[ichtioz]

there IS a EUtube channel...

[112goverwelle1]

It's handy that they made 1 single number. Way easier to remember. I can barely remember my own. So, 1 for whole Europe is good idea:)

Nice vid.

[JamieA44]

@woodchopper111 WE ARE EUROPEANS BY ARE OWN DNA STUPID!, WHAT A STUPID DUMB STATEMENT !

[bogoinjection]

even in America 112 going to 911

I have some experience :)

[jofe901]

in portugal we have  112 since i remember

[Snork700]

@Thescaredbear

i think because it's more likely to call 111 inadvertently than 112

[Thescaredbear]

Why not 111?

[ambetanterix]

@JJ388JAr Excuse me, 999 was already in use in the U.K. since the '30 thies. Belgium made a unique number "900" in 1958. People from the US came here to look how the system worked. And now, You are telling us to take 911. All the unique numbers in Europe still are in use, but by 112 they are connected to the emergency. DUMB AMERICAN !!!

[Lostinpraslation]

@rappy8787 e basta...sempre a lamentarsi...

[traceyrmj2]

Does it cover the rest of Schengen Treaty areas aswell as the EU?

[CDPDPatrolUnit]

If you call 112 on a cell phone, it would be routed to the 911, but it's freakin slow. I tried once when I witnessed a car crash, and it took at least two minutes just to get routed to 911.