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>> the emergency number of the country he's in, 112 in Europe There are some exceptions so its worth checking before you travel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

• t0mas88 11y ago
  On a cellphone it doesn't matter whether you type 112 or 911 or press the "emergency services" button. They all do the same, there is a special emergency signal that it sends to the network. That signal makes it a priority call (it even works when the network is overloaded and also works through roaming / other networks that you would normally not be allowed to use), the entered number doesn't matter because the network will automatically connect such emergency calls to the appropriate local emergency services.
  • DanBC 11y ago
    Did you read the article? In some countries 112 will get you police. In others it will get you fire. In most, but not all, it'll get you to the emrgency call handling centre.