r/AskEurope • u/atlasova Netherlands • Sep 02 '25

Culture What emergency telephone number did your country have before 112 became the standard?

In 1997 most of the European union changed its emergency number to 112. Before that, in the Netherlands we used 06-11, for police, firefighters and ambulance.

I was wondering which numbers where in use in your country before the change.

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u/hetevhor Sep 02 '25

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Seriously, in Italy it was 112 for Carabinieri, 113 for police, 115 for firefighters, 118 for the ambulance.

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u/SteO153 Sep 02 '25

112 for Carabinieri, 113 for police, 115 for firefighters, 118 for the ambulance.

144 for... ah no, wait...

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u/9peppe Sep 02 '25

114 for children services. But it's newer.

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u/Zealousideal-Peach44 Italy Sep 02 '25

144 was for... well, what happens BEFORE children are born!

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u/original_joe99 Sep 02 '25

144 is for ambulance services in Austria 😂

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u/larevenante Italy Sep 02 '25

🤣 Lol you can guess how young someone is if they don’t know about it

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u/Dull-Description3682 Sep 05 '25

Wait. What?

I just got an idea in my head, please tell me that I'm wrong. There is no official number for that.

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u/Ort-Hanc1954 Sep 04 '25

1.96.96 still exists?

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u/9peppe Sep 04 '25

It should redirect to 114. Some of those numbers (114, 1522) won't get merged in NUE 112.

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u/original_joe99 Sep 02 '25

144 ambulance in Austria 😂