Imagine that you are in an emergency abroad and you cannot remember the national emergency number to dial. Don’t panic, wherever you are in the European Union, you can call the European emergency number 112 to contact all the emergency services - ambulance, fire-fighters and police -. But make sure to call 112 only in case of real threat to life, health, safety, environment or property and when emergency services rapid assistance is needed.

You can use 112 from fixed phones, including payphones, or mobile phones. It is always free of charge and it functions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can reach the European emergency number 112 in all Member States of the European Union as well as in Croatia, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, Turkey, Switzerland and Vatican. The list is non-exhaustive and several additional countries in Europe are implementing the 112.

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