The European Union’s single emergency telephone number is 112.
Calling 112 connects people to emergency services such as police, fire, or ambulance assistance. The number is available across the European Union and is intended to provide a common emergency-access method for residents and travelers.
112 was introduced by a European Council decision in 1991. It works alongside national emergency numbers in many countries rather than automatically replacing every local number. Mobile phones can generally call it, including when the caller is roaming.
Travelers sometimes confuse 112 with the United States and Canada’s 911 or the United Kingdom’s 999. Those numbers remain important in their home systems, while 112 is the shared European emergency number.