Emergency numbers, saved and tested

Save them today

Every country has its own numbers and they are printed on the Local resources page for the country you are in. Save them in your phone now, under names that sort to the top — AAA Fire, AAA Police, AAA Ambulance — so a stranger using your phone can find them too.

What to say

Dispatchers ask the same three things everywhere. Have them ready:

1. Where — the town, the street, a landmark, and what you can see from there. If you have the app open, the map shows your coordinates; read them out.
2. What — fire, flood, injury, crime — and whether anyone is trapped or hurt.
3. Who — your name and a number they can call back on.

Stay on the line until they say you can go. Do not hang up first.

When the line is busy

Try the other services' numbers — police, fire and ambulance can reach each other. Then report on AlertCommunities with the I am not safe option if you are in danger: nearby volunteers and the agencies see it.

Save more than the big three

The nearest hospital's direct line, the community leader, your out-of-area contact. The Local resources page lists hospitals, clinics, shelters and fire stations with directions.