Talk:911 (emergency telephone number)

9-1-1 in Iraq?

Iraq is listed in the closing template as a 9-1-1 system implementer, but there's no discussion in the article. - knoodelhed (talk) 16:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Better explanation of how/why the number was chosen

Don't have a good source for this so I'm not adding it to the article, but it's worth discussing that step-by-step exchanges used special service codes of 11N, whereas crossbar exchanges (found mainly in large cities) used special service codes of N11. XB exchanges were designed to analyze three digits at a time and had their own debouncing circuit, so leading single pulses (1 digits) would get absorbed. The format for special service codes was chosen to avoid conflicts with exchanges (NNX) and area codes (N0X/N1X), which left N11 the only remaining option. RBOCs and independent local telephone companies used a variety of special-service codes, including 112/211 (for the long-distance operator, and later as an access prefix from SxS exchanges to a toll switch), 114/411 (for directory assistance) and 118/811 (for service) but these were not formally standardized. With the move to electronic switching, the old 11N format was retired; this was happening contemporaneously with the introduction of 911 as a national standard emergency number. 2001:470:1F06:CCB:0:0:0:2 (talk) 03:19, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Kitty Genovese

This paragraph is inconsistent with the sources cited "In 1964, an attack on a woman in New York City, Kitty Genovese, helped to greatly increase the urgency of the effort to create a central emergency number. Genovese had called for help; but no one had called the police. Some experts theorized that one source of reluctance to call police was due to the complexity of doing so; any calls to the police would go to a local precinct, and any response might depend on which individual sergeant or other ranking personnel might handle the call.[12][13][14][15][16]" A brief reading of the sources indicates that the police were called and that none of them say anything about experts theorizing about the complexity of calling the police. They all confirm that the Kitty Genovese case was a impetus for the adoption of 911, however, so im going to change the text to reflect this. I cant get to it today, but this note should act as a reminder and a call for comments, if anyone is interested. Bonewah (talk) 17:30, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Egypt also uses 911

I live in Egypt, and calling 911 would do the emergency call as well as 112 Soviera0 (talk) 12:55, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Is this on a mobile phone? GSM and successor (UMTS, LTE, etc.) mobile networks are set up to accept 112 or 911 anywhere in the world. See section 7.1 of ITU recommendation E.161.1. Justinbb (talk) 17:38, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

911

This is not a close run thing. The use of 911 is so prominent that we really should just move the page to 911, WP:NATURALDAB be damned because this is not at all the WP:COMMON WP:ENGLISH name and we're giving it WP:UNDUE importance pretending it is. Similarly, it is by far the most common meaning of "911" among most native English speakers and most Wikipedians. The disambig page shouldn't be parked at the main real estate.

If we keep it here at 9-1-1 only for the natural dab, we should make that clear within the article and still use 911 consistently in the running text outside of the intro sentence and Name section. — LlywelynII 20:28, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Others have repeatedly made the same point in the archives above, apparently. — LlywelynII 22:01, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

UK emergency number

In the UK the emergency number map is 999, not 112. The map needs to be corrected. 163.120.111.178 (talk) 22:38, 19 June 2023 (UTC)