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In 2000, the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) [15] [16] [17] determined that a uniform code system was needed after three people were killed in a shooting incident at a hospital after the wrong emergency code was called. While codes for fire (red) and medical emergency (blue) were similar in 90% of California hospitals queried ...
Gas emergency – 104; 112 came into effect (for any emergency) in 2013 San Marino: 113: 118: 115 Serbia: 192 or 112: 194: 193: Civil protection – 1985; 112 redirects to 192. It is possible to dial 112 and get direct connection with the emergency services by pressing 1 for police, 2 for ambulance and 3 for fire on Vip operator mobile phones ...
A "cocaine alert" sign posted by GGD Amsterdam: the sign reminds people to "Call 112 for an ambulance."112 was first standardised as the pan-European number for emergency services following the adoption of recommendation [1] by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) in 1976 and has since been enshrined a CEPT Decision ECC/DEC/(17)05.
By French law, in an emergency any French hospital or SAMU must treat any patient, regardless of their ability to pay. As a measure against system abuse, the SAMU physician may refuse to sign the patient's "treatment certificate", resulting in the patient being liable for the full cost of services provided, although in practice, this is rarely ...
The Western Australian Police uses the following codes from 1 to 7 to determine response actions: Priority 1 is an emergency call. Lights and siren authorised. An example of a Priority 1 call would be an armed holdup call, or an officer down. Priority 2 is a less urgent emergency call. Lights and siren authorised, but follow basic traffic rules.
911. 112 and 911. Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only. An emergency telephone number is a number that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly.
Oslo University Hospital is an emergency hospital for East and Southern Norway and has national emergency cover. The hospital is furthermore responsible for ambulance services, the 113 emergency calls service (equivalent to 112, 999 or 911), air ambulance and patient transportation in Oslo and the County of Akershus.
Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured. [ 14] 581. 16 April 1947. Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City; over 5,000 were also injured. 575. 4 June 1989. Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union. 565.