Ambulance is medically equipped vehicle for patient transportation to hospitals. Term comes from Latin 'ambulare', meaning 'to walk or move about'. First used for emergency transport in 1487 by Spanish forces
000 (Triple Zero) is Australia's primary national emergency telephone number. Operated by Telstra and overseen by ACMA for life-threatening emergencies. Alternative numbers are 112 for GSM phones and 106 for TDD textphones
111 was introduced in New Zealand in 1958, replacing manual and automatic emergency services. Service was first implemented in Masterton and Carterton, then expanded nationwide. About 870,000 111 calls are made annually. Police introduced new number 105 in 2019 to handle non-urgent calls
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Call 911 for emergencies like fires, crimes, accidents, and medical emergencies. Use 911 only for urgent situations, not non-urgent ones. Call 911 on any working phone, even unactivated ones
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