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  2. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...

  3. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    123: Civil protection – 121. Bulgaria: 112 or 166: 112 or 150: 112 or 160 Croatia: 112 or 192: 112 or 194: 112 or 193: Search and rescue at sea – 112 or 195; Road help – 1987. Cyprus: 112 or 199: Air/sea rescue – 1441; Anti-drug support – 1410 or 1498; Poison control – 1401. Czech Republic: 112 or 158: 112 or 155: 112 or 150 ...

  4. International distress frequency - Wikipedia

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    121.5 MHz is the civilian aircraft emergency frequency or International Air Distress frequency. It is used by some civilian emergency locator beacons; however, the Cospas-Sarsat system no longer monitors the frequency. 243 MHz for NATO military aircraft emergency frequencies. 406 MHz to 406.1 MHz is used by the Cospas-Sarsat international ...

  5. Aircraft emergency frequency - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft emergency frequency (also known in the USA as Guard) is a frequency used on the aircraft band reserved for emergency communications for aircraft in distress.The frequencies are 121.5 MHz for civilian, also known as International Air Distress (IAD) or VHF Guard, and 243.0 MHz—the second harmonic of VHF guard—for military use, also known as Military Air Distress (MAD) or UHF Guard.

  6. Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Four-digit area codes. Four-digit area codes have either six-digit subscriber numbers or a mix of five- and six-digit subscriber numbers. (01xxx) xxx xxx; This is the format used by most areas. It has a four-digit area code (after the initial zero) and a six digit subscriber number, and is known as 4+6 format.

  7. Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services - Wikipedia

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    Mississauga Fire & Emergency Services. Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Fire Service was established in 1968 and formed from local departments ...

  8. Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon - Wikipedia

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    First generation EPIRB emergency locator beacons. An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon ( EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats, a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate boaters in distress and in need of immediate rescue. In the event of an emergency, such ...

  9. Police code - Wikipedia

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    Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...