Emergency numbers by country

122 police, 123 ambulance, 180 fire, and 126 for the tourist police, who are the ones you actually want.

999 and 112 both reach the emergency services, and neither is fast. On safari, the camp and your evacuation cover are the real emergency service.

999 reaches everything. Behind it, 114 is the ambulance and 115 the fire brigade.

The number you need depends on whether you are in a town or the countryside: 19 for city police, 177 for the gendarmerie everywhere else.

112 for everything, and no national ambulance service behind it.

10111 for police and 10177 for an ambulance; 112 from a mobile reaches an emergency operator. Private ambulance services answer faster than the state one and your insurer will pay for them.

Dial 112, but do not rely on it. Your operator, your lodge and your evacuation insurer are the emergency system that actually works here.

190 ambulance, 198 fire and road accidents, 197 police in towns, 193 National Guard in the countryside.

112 has been the unified number since February 2026, and 911 still works with an English-speaking operator - which is not the norm in the region.

Three separate numbers and no unified one, so save all of them.

999 reaches everything, and English is not a problem.

999 for everything, and a police help cell that exists specifically for foreign nationals.

The numbers are 117, 118 and 119, but English on those lines is limited and the ambulance service is thin. For anything serious the faster plan is a Grab to a private hospital.

Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119, traffic accidents 122 - China has no single emergency number. Call 120 rather than the Red Cross line 999 that Beijing also runs, because 120 is the state service and covers the whole country.

112 is the single number for police, ambulance and fire, with English-speaking operators on request. The Patrol Police handle tourist matters; there is no separate tourist police force.

999 reaches police, fire and ambulance, and the operators speak English.

112 is the single nationwide line for police, ambulance and fire, free even from a phone with no SIM. The National Tourist Helpline on 1800-11-1363 or 1363 runs 24 hours in 12 languages and handles scams and lost documents.

Police 110, fire 113, ambulance 118 or 119, and 112 from a mobile. Ambulances are neither fast nor uniformly equipped, so for anything short of a spinal injury a car to the hospital is often quicker - which is the US State Department's own advice, not a shortcut.

Police 110, fire and ambulance 119, free from any phone - both answered in Japanese. The official English-language fallback is JNTO's Japan Visitor Hotline on 050-3816-2787, staffed 24 hours a day, every day. Calling an ambulance and riding in it is free; the hospital is not.

911 reaches police, ambulance and fire, and the operators answer in English. Tourist police sit at every major site and are the ones to find first.

101 fire and rescue, 102 police, 103 ambulance, 112 for major incidents - all free from any phone. Operators rarely speak English.

The number is 112, and it is not the one most visitors try first.

112 for anything, separate numbers for each service, and one for the mountains that you should write on paper.

The numbers differ by city: police 1191 in Vientiane but 191 in Luang Prabang, ambulance 1195, fire 1190 or 190. Both cities have a separate tourist police line, which is the better bet in English.

999 is the emergency number, and 110 and 112 also work.

999 is the emergency number for police, ambulance and fire alike - 991 and 994 were folded into it in 2007, though foreign advisories still print them. From a phone with no SIM, dial 112. Calls are free; a hoax call is an offence carrying a fine up to RM 50,000.

Police 911 and ambulance 102, plus the immigration hotline on 1434 for visa problems. Save them before you transfer to a resort - looking numbers up on an outer atoll is not something you want to be doing in an emergency.

Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101, and Tourist Police on 1144. There is no 112, and an ambulance is a van, not a paramedic.

The number is 9999, not 999 or 911 - and it is the one people get wrong.

1122 for ambulance and fire, 15 for the police. They are different numbers and that matters.

911 is the single nationwide lifeline and the only number you need to remember. If you lose your passport, the order is police report, then your embassy, then a replacement document, then rebooking your onward travel.

One number, 999, for police, ambulance and fire. The complications here are legal rather than medical: a police report for any accident, and never sign an Arabic document you cannot read.

911 covers the main cities and the older 997 and 999 numbers still work.

999 for police and 995 for fire and ambulance. There is also a free non-emergency ambulance number that saves you a bill and a wasted crew.

Police 112, fire and ambulance 119. Calling 119 without Korean gets you a three-way call with an interpreter, and the public 119 ambulance ride itself is free - the hospital that follows is not. 1339 is the medical information line for foreign visitors and 1330 the round-the-clock tourist helpline.

Suwa Seriya on 1990 is a free ambulance service stationed at police posts across the island, averaging under 15 minutes. Police 119, fire 110, tourist police +94 11 242 1052.

Police 110, fire and ambulance 119. The number worth saving is the free tourist hotline on 0800-011-765, staffed around the clock in English, Japanese and Chinese for emergencies, lost documents and interpreting.

Key emergency numbers in Thailand: police 191, fire 199, ambulance 1669, Tourist Police 1155 and TAT Call Center 1672; save your country's embassy contacts in Bangkok as well. Recommended international hospitals for tourists include Bumrungrad in Bangkok, Bangkok Hospital Phuket, Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, and Chiang Mai Ram Hospital.

112 covers everything. Turkey merged its emergency numbers, so the old 155 and 110 you will find in older guides are gone.

Four different numbers rather than one: 999 police, 998 ambulance, 997 fire, 996 coastguard. Response is fast and the operators speak English.

Three separate numbers, 101 fire, 102 police, 103 ambulance, with 112 as a unified line. Assume nobody at the other end speaks English.

Police 113, fire 114, ambulance 115, plus the newer national search-and-rescue line 112. All of them answer in Vietnamese, so get a hotel receptionist or a translation app onto the call.

112 works, and 129/128/127 are the local numbers.

112 works; there is no embassy in Andorra and consular help comes from Spain or France.

Dial 112 for anything. But learn 140 as well, because mountain rescue is a separate number and, unlike an ambulance, it is not covered by your health card.

112 for ambulance and fire, 101 for police, and an official app that sends your location to the emergency services.

122 police, 123 fire, 124 ambulance - 112 works but the local numbers are more reliable.

112 for everything, and 1470 for mountain rescue.

112 for everything, including mountain and sea rescue. Croatian mountain rescue is free, which makes it a rare and welcome exception in Europe.

112 and 199 both work in the south; the north has its own numbers.

112 works from any phone and its operators speak English. The direct lines are faster: 155 for an ambulance, 158 for the state police, 150 for fire and rescue.

112 for emergencies, 1813 for urgent medical advice around Copenhagen, 114 for the police otherwise. All three answer in English.

112 for everything, and a country small enough that help arrives quickly - if you can tell them where you are, which GPS jamming can make hard.

One number, 112, for everything, and a free app that sends your exact location with the call. In the wilderness that app is the difference.

112 works for everything, but France also keeps 15 for ambulance, 17 for police and 18 for fire. SOS Medecins on 3624 sends a doctor to your hotel room for things that are urgent but not emergencies.

112 for fire and ambulance, 110 for police, 116 117 for an out-of-hours doctor. There is no tourist police in Germany - ordinary police handle everything.

112 reaches everything and works in English from any phone. Greece also keeps a dedicated tourist police line on 1571 and an on-call pharmacy line on 14944.

112 covers everything. Save the tourist police number too, because the most likely emergency here is an outrageous bar bill with someone standing in the doorway.

112 reaches police, ambulance, fire and mountain rescue, and the operators speak English. The 112 Iceland app sends your GPS position with one press, which is the part that matters in the highlands.

112 and 999 both work for everything, free, from any phone. The Garda are approachable and unarmed. Coast Guard and mountain rescue are reached through the same number.

112 is the free single European number, with automatic caller location and multilingual operators. The direct lines are 113 for the state police, 115 for the fire brigade and 118 for an ambulance.

112 for everything, 113 straight to an ambulance, and a note of your address written down because your phone may not know where you are.

112 works, and the Swiss numbers 117, 118 and 144 work too.

112 for everything, and an address written down because your phone may not be able to tell anyone where you are.

112 for ambulance and fire, 113 for police.

112 for everything, answered in English.

112 for everything - and in Transnistria your embassy may not be able to reach you.

112 works, with 17 for police and 18 for fire as in France.

112 works, and the old 122/123/124 numbers are still in use.

112 for anything urgent. For a stolen wallet or a question that is not an emergency, the police non-emergency line is 0900-8844, and out-of-hours medical goes through 0900-1515.

112 works, and 192/193/194 are the local numbers.

Three separate emergency numbers rather than one: 110 fire, 112 police, 113 ambulance. 116 117 reaches the out-of-hours doctor, and 112 is also what you call from a mountain.

112 is answered by English-speaking operators. The direct Polish lines answer faster but not always in English: 997 police, 999 ambulance, 998 fire, 986 municipal police.

112 covers police, ambulance and fire nationwide and is free from any phone. Lisbon has a dedicated tourist police line on +351 213 421 634.

112 for everything, and Salvamont on 0725 826 668 for the mountains.

113 police, 115 fire, 118 ambulance - the Italian numbers, and they work.

192 police, 193 fire, 194 ambulance - and 112 works too.

112 for everything, and 18 300 for mountain rescue - the one number that is not obvious and the one you may actually need.

112 for rescue and medical, 113 for police.

112 is the single European number, free and answered 24/7 by English-speaking operators, connecting to ambulance, fire or police. Direct: 091 national police, 092 local police, 061 the medical service.

112 for emergencies, 1177 for health advice, 114 14 for non-urgent police. All three answer in English and the first is free from any phone.

Learn 1414 alongside 112. It is Rega, the air rescue service, and in the mountains it is the number that actually matters.

999 or 112 for an emergency, 111 for everything medical that is not one, and 101 for police matters that can wait. Knowing the middle two saves hours.

Use the Italian numbers - 112 works, and in practice you are in Rome.

911 works, but the real emergency plan here is your insurer's evacuation line.

911 works nationwide and the operator asks which service you want. The things worth setting up before you need them are your insurer's number and a way to describe where you are.

911 works nationwide for everything and operators generally speak English. The tourist police exist and are useful. Go private for anything medical if you can choose.

The ambulance number is 104, and your consulate is probably a long way from where you are.

911 works and is genuinely good in the areas it covers, which is not the whole country. The tourist police have their own national number worth saving.

911 reaches everything, and your embassy is the call that matters if you are detained.

1500 is the number to save. It is free, it is 24 hours, and it answers in English.

911 reaches all services, and the insurer is the second call.

Police is 119 and ambulance and fire is 110. Neither is the number most visitors would guess, and dialling 911 does not work here.

911 works nationwide for everything. The number worth saving separately is 078, the bilingual tourist and roadside assistance line run by the Angeles Verdes.

911 works - but know in advance where your nearest consulate actually is, because it is probably in another country.

911 reaches everything, 104 is the police directly and 103 the Bomberos, who also bring the ambulance.

911 for everything, 988 for a mental health crisis, and think before you call an ambulance you will be billed thousands for.

911 works nationally for police, ambulance and fire. Buenos Aires has a tourist police unit with English speakers, which is the right first call after a theft.

911 is the unified number, 110 the police and 118 or 165 an ambulance - and dispatchers rarely speak English. The tourist police in La Paz, Santa Cruz, Sucre and Potosi are the better route for a foreign visitor.

190 for police, 192 for an ambulance, 193 for fire - and the operators speak Portuguese. For anything as a tourist, the bilingual tourist police units DEAT in Rio and DEATUR in Sao Paulo are the better door.

Ambulance 131, fire 132, police 133 - the ABC 123 that every Chilean knows. All free from any phone, all answered around the clock.

One number for everything: 123. If you are robbed you can file the police report online without visiting a station, and your insurer will want it. Losing a passport means an exit permit as well as a new document.

One number, 911, run through the ECU 911 system and answered around the clock. For anything in the Galapagos or the Amazon, your insurer and your operator matter more.

105 for police, 106 for an ambulance, 116 for fire. iPeru on +51 1 574 8000 gives free tourist assistance in English 24 hours a day and is the number most visitors actually need.

Triple Zero (000) is the one to remember, free from any phone; 112 from a mobile routes to it automatically. For anything urgent but not life-threatening: 131 444 for police assistance, 132 500 for storm and flood damage, 13 11 26 for bites and poisoning.

111 reaches police, ambulance and fire. Use 105 for anything that is not urgent - a theft reported after the fact, or property damage with no threat to life.

112 for police, 111 for St John Ambulance, 110 for fire - but response times are long and coverage is uneven, so your accommodation's security desk is usually the faster first call.

112 works, and 192/193/194 are the local numbers.