As per the title this could help save someones life

999 works anywhere there’s a network signal with any provider too.

Time of the month for posting this already?

From the last one:

To expand. There is no difference or priority between 999 and 112 calls in the UK. All mobile phones with keypad lock / PIN on them allow 999 as well as 112 (as well as 911). The emergencySMS service actually uses 999 officially although 112 works too. The cell towers all have spare capacity for emergency calls beyond normal voice calls (hence you sometimes see “emergency calls only” on your phone) and if there’s lots of people also calling 999 / 112 then you’re SOL. Ofcom apparently ensured a few years ago that you can roam across UK networks to make an emergency call, even if your own network is out of reach (subject of course to your phone working on that network’s frequency – almost all do now).
999 or 112 gets you to the same place – one of the central call-answering services (the ones who ask you “which service?”). Based on your landline address or a rough location from cell triangulation they should always put you through to the appropriate local fire/police/ambulance control centre.

But the loud well spoken guy told me to use 112.

rough location from cell triangulation they should always put you through to the appropriate local fire/police/ambulance control centre

Should, not always tho.

Is there an echo?

It’s not the triangulation that does it, it’s the mast which is why we get pre-alerts for a general area while it starts to narrow down.

Sorry missed it first time round

Oh, and don’t bother calling 9-1-1 any more. Here’s the real number:

p.s don’t worry about it OP, people repost things on here all the time. Best intentions and all that.

You can avoid future miscommunication by sending this link to everyone you know 😉