Editing Emergency telephone number (section)

=== 17, 18 ===
In [[France]], many telephone exchanges were closed at night but it was still possible to make emergency calls. An operator had to connect the emergency calls only. In 1913, an automatic system was set up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/archives/le-numero-de-telephone-a-10-chiffres-fete-ses-25-ans-20211018|title=Le numéro de téléphone à 10 chiffres fête ses 25 ans|website=Le Figaro}}</ref> It made provision for calling the police by dialing 17 and the fire brigade by dialing 18. As more manual telephone exchanges were converted to dial operation, more and more subscribers had access to these special numbers.{{cn|date=January 2022}} The service was not widespread until the 1970s.

France now uses 112, the European emergency number, as well as 17 and 18 for police and fire brigade, specific to France.