Editing Emergency (section)

=== Summoning emergency services ===
{{main article|Emergency telephone number}}
Most countries have an [[emergency telephone number]], also known as the universal emergency number, which can be used to summon the emergency services to any incident.  This number varies from country to country (and in some cases by region within a country), but in most cases, they are in a short number format, such as [[9-1-1|911]] (United States and many parts of Canada),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nena.org/|title=US National Emergency Number Association|access-date=2007-05-30}}</ref> [[999 (emergency telephone number)|999]] (United Kingdom),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fire.org.uk/advice/999history.htm |title=History of the 999 System |access-date=2007-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528022735/http://www.fire.org.uk/advice/999history.htm |archive-date=2007-05-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.met.police.uk/999/index.htm |title=Metropolitan Police advice on using 999 |access-date=2007-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609160248/http://www.met.police.uk/999/index.htm |archive-date=2007-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[1-1-2|112]] (Europe)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/Oftel/publications/ind_guidelines/emer1002.htm |title=UK government advice on the use of 112 alongside 999 |access-date=2007-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403072801/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/Oftel/publications/ind_guidelines/emer1002.htm |archive-date=2007-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ec>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/pdfdocs/112surv-2001.pdf |title=European Commission document on the Implementation of the Single 112 emergency number |access-date=2007-05-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614210603/http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/pdfdocs/112surv-2001.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-14 }}</ref> and [[000 (emergency telephone number)|000]] (Australia).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://emergencycalls.aca.gov.au/ |title=Australian Government Advice on Emergency Calls |access-date=2007-05-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531230159/http://www.emergencycalls.aca.gov.au/ |archive-date=2007-05-31 }}</ref>

To simplify the summoning of emergency services, EmerGa,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emerga.fr|title=EmerGa Official Website|website=EmerGa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infolocale.fr/associations/organisme-emerga-512399|title=Infolocale, EmerGa|website=Infolocale}}</ref> a French first aid association recognized as being of public interest, has been developing EmerGa since 2024. This mobile application, originally developed under the name ''FABA'' by [[:fr:Hervé Yvis|Hervé Yvis]], offers quick access to emergency services worldwide through an intuitive visual interface, eliminating the need to memorize different emergency numbers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/emergafr_d%C3%A9couvrez-e-mergency-activity-7214191179276382208-zXFZ|title=EmerGa on LinkedIn: Discover e-mergency!|website=LinkedIn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/emergafr_emerga-lance-e-mergency-activity-7147964830392487938-AYDt|title=EmerGa on LinkedIn: EmerGa launches e-mergency !|website=LinkedIn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emerga.fr/article/lhistoire-demergency-une-app-pour-connaitre-les-numeros-durgence|title=The Story of e-mergency, An App to Know Emergency Numbers|website=EmerGa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faba-emergency-numbers.en.softonic.com/android?ex=RAMP-2081.0|title=FABA : Emergency numbers for Android|website=Softonic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mobicpr.si/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Porocilo-Linda-Tot.pdf|title=Study of FABA by researchers from the University of Maribor|website=MOBICPR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331065440/https://mobicpr.si/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Porocilo-Linda-Tot.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-31 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emerga.fr/article/emergency-devient-emerga|title=e-mergency becomes EmerGa !|website=EmerGa}}</ref>

The majority of mobile phones also dial the emergency services, even if the phone keyboard is locked, or if the phone has an expired or missing [[Subscriber Identity Module|SIM card]], although the provision of this service varies by country and network.<ref name=ec/>