Editing 999 (emergency telephone number) (section)

===Emergency services===
{{Pie chart|caption=Distribution of emergency calls between service ECC in the United Kingdom (based on 2022 data of 35 million 999/112 calls)
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|label2=[[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|Police]]
|value2=44 |color2=dodgerblue
|label3=[[Fire services in the United Kingdom|Fire]]
|value3=3 |color3=firebrick
|label4=[[His Majesty's Coastguard|Coastguard]]
|value4=<1 |color4=orange
}}
In the United Kingdom there are four emergency services which maintain full-time [[emergency control centre]]s (ECC), to which 999 emergency calls may be directly routed by emergency operators in telephone company operator assistance centres (OAC). These services are as follows, listed in the order of percentage of calls received:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=73487E0D-3881-4A16-8804-4E5B806F9AE1 |title=999 celebrates its 75th birthday |date=29 June 2012 |website=[[British Telecom]] |access-date=21 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717212444/http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=73487E0D-3881-4A16-8804-4E5B806F9AE1 |archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref>
* [[Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom|Ambulance]]
* [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|Police]]
* [[Fire services in the United Kingdom|Fire]]
* [[His Majesty's Coastguard|HM Coastguard]]

Other emergency services may also be reached through the 999 system, but do not maintain permanent emergency control centres. All of these emergency services are summoned through the ECC of one of the four principal services listed above:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/article/12674/Resilience|title=Resilience - Sunderland City Council|website=www.sunderland.gov.uk|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
* [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution|Lifeboat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rnli.org/safety/how-to-call-for-help-at-sea|publisher=RNLI|access-date=16 August 2020|title=How to call for help at Sea|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819043303/https://rnli.org/safety/how-to-call-for-help-at-sea|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mountain rescue in England and Wales|Mountain rescue]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/fact_file/fact-file-6-stay-safe-information/|title=How to stay safe|access-date=16 August 2020|publisher=Mountain Rescue England and Wales|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916030926/https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/fact_file/fact-file-6-stay-safe-information/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/lifestyle/outdoors/no-challenge-too-high-or-deep-rossendale-and-pendle-mountain-rescue-team-our-fourth-emergency-service-693695|title=No challenge too high or deep for Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team - our fourth emergency service|website=www.burnleyexpress.net|date=24 April 2019|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916053054/https://www.burnleyexpress.net/lifestyle/outdoors/no-challenge-too-high-or-deep-rossendale-and-pendle-mountain-rescue-team-our-fourth-emergency-service-693695|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|work=Scottish Mountain Rescue|access-date=6 September 2020|url=https://www.scottishmountainrescue.org/what-happens-on-a-callout/|title=What happens on a call out?|quote=In an emergency, if you need to call out Mountain Rescue phone 999 and ask for Police and then Mountain Rescue or Cave Rescue if applicable.|archive-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830102954/https://www.scottishmountainrescue.org/what-happens-on-a-callout/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Cave rescue#United Kingdom|Cave rescue]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/rescue.html|title=Calling out Cave Rescue|publisher=Cave Rescue Organisation|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129111923/http://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/rescue.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caverescue.org.uk/about-cave-rescue/how-cave-rescue-works/|title=How Cave Rescue Works – British Cave Rescue Council|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807010450/https://www.caverescue.org.uk/about-cave-rescue/how-cave-rescue-works/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mine rescue]]
* [[Bomb disposal]] (provided by [[HM Armed Forces]])