Talk:European quick reference
Where is 112 not available?[edit]
Comparing the list of countries here and in w:112 (emergency telephone number)#Europe, I think the only ones missing there are Alderney (why don't we have Guernsey i.e. Bailiwick of Guernsey instead? is Alderney different?), Jersey, Isle of Man and, and Faroe Islands for which we state that you should dial 112 in emergencies. For the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, some articles say they use 999 (like the UK), but don't they also use 112 like the UK?
GSM phones call the emergency service if you try dialling 112, whatever the actual numbers are. I assume this is true also for 3- 4- and 5G phones, but I don't know how to confirm that.
Is there any place in Europe where you don't reach the emergency service by dialling 112 on a landline telephone? We should specify these and tell that 112 works everywhere, so that people don't start searching for the local numbers instead of just dialling 112.
(In the 1990s [?], when Finland switched to 112, I know there were some problems with private exchanges, where you needed to type 0 to get out from the local system before 112 worked. I think those problems were solved in a few years. They may still be relevant somewhere, but are they common anywhere?)
–LPfi (talk) 15:05, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- I checked a few government websites:
- Jersey Government website both 999 and 112 are emergency numbers.
- Guernsey Government website both 999 and 112 are emergency numbers.
- Isle of Man - Vague about emergency telephone numbers. Government sites only mention 999, but soime site like this one and this one make veiled references to 112.
- Faroes Tourist board 112 is the emergency number.
- Aldeny Gevernment site 999 or 112
- In short, apart from the Isle of Man, all advertise 112 as an emergency number and apart from teh Faroes (which is Danish) all advertise 999. It appears that 112 is probably an emergecy number in the Isle of Man, but becase it originated from an EU directive, they do not advertise it. Martinvl (talk) 22:24, 8 March 2024 (UTC)