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What is 112?
112 is the European emergency phone number. You can call the 112 to contact emergency services (ambulances, fire-fighters and the police) in any country of the European Union. You can use the 112 from fixed phones, including payphones, or mobile phones. Calls to the 112 are always free of charge. The 112 functions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can reach the European emergency number 112 in all Member States of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including Monaco), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (including the Vatican), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Moreover you can also reach emergency services through 112 in following countries:
Croatia, Faroe Islands, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia (in some regions, country-wide by 2012) and Israel where the 112 also works for all emergencies from mobile phones.