Talk:9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number Day

The article is not about the Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 but about the day that promotes it. Please make this distinction when contributing. - kiwiinapanic 08:13 Feb 14, 2003 (UTC)

The talk below was removed from article.

Remember that the emergency telephone number it´s 112 in Europe. I suggest create worldwide emergency telephone number (a unique number for all the countries).
 * See 1-1-2
 * See that article - it already exists.
 * Really a worldwide one, no. There are a lot of national numbers.

A very interesting talk it´s the possibility to create an International Emergency Number, the same for all the world (i.e. no 112, nor 911, but a mixed one like 912 ). Mac
 * I think the introduction of the GSM mobile network has already pre-empted the possibility of creating a different number for world wide use. Why would you want another different number?


 * To remember it wherever one be (i.e. travelling abroad). It´s similar to the creation of the all-european 112. Never before there was something similar in my country. It unified a lot of different national emergency numbers.


 * Probably any number you pick is already used for some other service somewhere else in the world - I know 912 is a local number prefix in New Zealand.


 * Prefix can change too, like happened before in some countries, like mine. the important it´s have this auxiliary international emergency number. In the U.S.A you could use 911 and the international number. I in europe could use 112 and the international number, if convenient.


 * Besides 1-1-2 works world wide already on GSM mobiles.


 * In Spain, in fixed and mobile phones.


 * I also know that both 9-1-1 and 9-9-9 work on my local network, though that feature is not publicised and neither are the recognised local emergency telephone number.  The Australians use 0-0-0, which is an interesting number to choose, because 0-0 is normally the international access code and NO international telephone number country code has a 0 in it, meaning the number cannot be assigned to an international telephone number sequence.  Callers will still call the number that they consider to be their emergency telephone number, even overseas.  I suspect that telephone companies will simply allocate all the common emergency telephone number or put announcements on them - giving the correct number to call.  To do otherwise could be considered negligent. - kiwiinapanic 08:15 Feb 14, 2003 (UTC)

To Discuss or add.
 * proclamation text - Copyright?
 * links to 9-1-1, Emergency telephone number
 * Promotional Efforts with states making proclamations etc.
 * Association with September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack

DO NOT ADD too much about 9-1-1 history here, put it on that page or the Emergency telephone number page. -

To do lists shouldn't be on articles - here's fine. Incidentally, is it really necessary to have this in a seperate article to [9-1-1]]? Why not merge the information? Martin


 * no response? merged...