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Indeed, 999 is rather old, and many other European countries had different short codes such as 15, 17 or 110 and often they were different for police, ambulance
by gpvos 3y ago
Indeed, 999 is rather old, and many other European countries had different short codes such as 15, 17 or 110 and often they were different for police, ambulance and fire fighters, and some countries had no central emergency number at all. The coordination on 112 as a common Europe-wide number (including the UK) happened somewhere in the 1990s. Pulse dialing was on its way out by then, although it is the reason why it ends in a 2 and not a 1.
- richrichardsson 3y agoHere in Croatia they still have different numbers available for the different services, alongside the 112 "catch all". 112 – general emergency line 192 – police 193 – firefighters 194 – emergency medical assistance 195 – search and rescue at sea There is also this: 1987 – road assistance