Talk:1-1-2

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This works in the US? Cite, please. (unsigned comment by 213.253.39.99)

I saw it in http://www.viennababiesclub.com/cj/Medical%20Information.doc (unsigned comment by user:Chris Q)

Questions:

• Is this part of the GSM standard?
• Or some other ITU standard?
• Who handles the call routing? (unsigned comment by 213.253.39.99)

It is part of the GSM standard, the rest I don't know (unsigned comment by user:Chris Q)

well like any other short numer dialed from a mobile the mobile service is going to have to route it. Since they will already be doing that for the local emergency number i can't see any reason it would be hard to make 112 go to the same place over the same system. Plugwash

Contents 1 GSM 2 W-h-y 1-1-2? 3 Important Facts 4 What if you cannot talk? 5 9112

[edit] GSM

The GSM mobile phone standard designates 1-1-2 as an emergency number, so it will work on such systems even in North America where it redirects to 9-1-1.

Routing 112 to the local emergency number would of course be no problem in countries where there's one emergency number for all situations, such as the USA, Hong Kong or Australia, but what about countries with several different emergency numbers? For example, Japan has three numbers:

• 110 - Police
• 118 - Coast guard
• 119 - Fire brigade (and ambulances, which are handled by the fire brigade -- thus all ambulances and ambulance workers' clothes are marked with the Japanese word for "fire brigade")

I can't see how a single number could be routed to all three services. Is it routed to just one of them (and if so, which one), or is it routed to some other service, asking which kind of emergency service you need? I know that GSM isn't used by Japanese mobile phone providers for their usual services, but some providers (such as NTT Everywhere) still offer roaming services using GSM for foreign visitors. (Stefan2 18:22, 24 July 2007 (UTC))

The simplest thing to do, would be to let it connect to the police say, and hope that whoever takes the call will be smart enough to reroute it if the caller says ‘my house is on fire’. If I recall correctly, that's what's done in Italy, although it's been some years so I'm not sure. Shinobu (talk) 11:42, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Funny, I looked it up, and in my home country (the Netherlands) where there is only one emergency number, this is actually the way they implemented it. You call up the number, this gets rerouted to the appropriate alarm centre, which is usually the police call centre. You tell them what's going on and the one who takes the call decides based on your description what emergency services to send and how much personel is needed. Shinobu (talk) 11:54, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] W-h-y 1-1-2?

Why is the title of this page "1-1-2" rather than "112" or e.g. "112 (emergency number)"?

The correct way to present the number is simply 112.

85.77.224.160 (talk) 18:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree- it should be called 112. It's never written with the hyphens in. KillerKat (talk) 18:02, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

In case you don't know: you can rename a page using the Move tab. Oh, and 112 is not a feasible destination since it's Wikipedia's general policy that bare numbers without qualifiers refer to years. Shinobu (talk) 11:36, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

So make it 112 (emergency number). I don't have a hyphen key on my phone. And I don't have a Move tab because I'm an AC, or an IP as they call us here.--87.162.44.52 (talk) 16:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Important Facts

This article doesnt mention some important facts such as: You can dial 112 when you have no coverage on your provider network but can see another provider network Many GSM handsets have 112 built into the firmware so you don't even need a sim card. http://www.acma.gov.au/acmainterwr/consumer_info/112.pdf provides some information on this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EH Holden 1964 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What if you cannot talk?

What if you need to dial the emergency number, but you cannot talk, and possibly not see the keypad and screen? I'm asking this question here, after reading the following BBC article: When are silent 999 calls cut off? It mentions that in the UK you can dial 55 after calling 999, and if 112 gets rerouted to 999, I assume that would work for 112 as well. But does this work in other countries as well? One of the commenters on the aricle mentions that the mounties have an investigate every call policy? How are these things done internationally? Shinobu (talk) 11:30, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 9112

9112 could be used worldwide, in all the countries. --147.84.132.44 (talk) 07:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)