112 Vs 911

[Krill]

Well, I think 112 works on my mobile phone...but I only learnt about it in this thread so it doesn't suprise me.

[Solver]

Originally posted by snoopy369
ou work for a company that uses '9' for the outside line (like 90% of companies).

Funny, 9 is also the outside line number here at most companies / institutions. They can't standardize an emergency number but this one seems fairly consistent.

[Solver]

Originally posted by MarkG
according to a news story on greek newspaper i just found, only 22% of europeans are aware of the existence of 112. greece is at the bottom of the list with 4% but also italy and britain (6%) are very low as well

Link / full list?

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Why would you have different numbers for different emergency departments? If my arm is on fire* I don't want to stop to think about whether I should call the fire dept. or the ambulance...just call 911 and let the dispatcher think while I'm busy panicking.

*may be an extreme example.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Solver
Link / full list?

the article was in greek and there was no link to the full results...

[MarkG]

then again googling for "europe survey 112 22%" get this as the first result

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/198&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

it turns out that Denmark is last, not Greece

[OneFootInTheGrave]

666 reverse 999 to avoid confusion