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minus-square@PbNews@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoSorry I’m a foreign I know 911 is for the police what is 999 for exactly??
minus-square@spizzat2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish22•2 months agoI don’t know. Personally, I would have called 0118999881999119725… 3
minus-square@Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish16•2 months agoBelieve it or not, also the police. Just in a different country.
minus-squareChainweasellinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoIt’s the British equivalent. In the US people dial 911, in the UK it’s 999
minus-square@AscendantSquid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI think it’s for the police in the Britains
minus-square@ohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 months agoPolice, fire, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue. Then the police phone the Ministry of Defence who send a disposal team. 999 is the original. 911 didn’t come along until 30 years later.
Sorry I’m a foreign I know 911 is for the police what is 999 for exactly??
I don’t know. Personally, I would have called 0118999881999119725… 3
Believe it or not, also the police. Just in a different country.
It’s the British equivalent.
In the US people dial 911, in the UK it’s 999
I think it’s for the police in the Britains
Police, fire, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue.
Then the police phone the Ministry of Defence who send a disposal team.
999 is the original. 911 didn’t come along until 30 years later.