Today is European 112 Day 🇪🇺
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission Last time I checked, deaf / hearing-impaired, or mute individuals "can" also use 112, but each country treats them differently, often encouraging them to use a dedicated App or other services / numbers instead.
Has this been streamlined already, or is this still as opaque as it used to be? -
@mikaeleiman @EUCommission why ? We don't use this horrible date sorting thing.
@Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission beg your pardon, Y-M-D is the least horrible
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RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116051172968824153
My kids explained to me how they remember the EU single emergency number 112 in Spanish:
Una boca, una nariz, y dos ojos
... accompanied by simple gestures of touching each.
Thought it was a lovely, easy way for them to remember.
In the Netherlands there was a campaign with the slogan:
Eén, één, twee, daar red je levens mee.
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@Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission beg your pardon, Y-M-D is the least horrible
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
112 also works in the UK even after the stupidity of Brexit
Emergency numbers in the UK:
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In the Netherlands there was a campaign with the slogan:
Eén, één, twee, daar red je levens mee.
Nice rhyme!
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@Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission beg your pardon, Y-M-D is the least horrible
@phl @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission
YYYY-MM-DD: good for machines (and people working with them)
DD-MM-YYYY: good for people (easier for conversations and casual use)
MM-DD-YYYY: seek help…(Jk, of course
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission We take it for granted, but, Oh, boy! should we be thankful this service exists… Huge thank you to operators working these lines.
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@phl @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission
YYYY-MM-DD: good for machines (and people working with them)
DD-MM-YYYY: good for people (easier for conversations and casual use)
MM-DD-YYYY: seek help…(Jk, of course
)@dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission DD-MM-YYYY is just as wrong as saying it's now 2 minutes and 12 o'clock, or that someone is 81 centimetres and 1 meter tall
It's not easier, it's just something you're used to.
(Also, YYYY-MM-DD is perfectly fine for people in Japan, Korea, China and Hungary)
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@EUCommission should be November 2nd, though..?
@mikaeleiman @EUCommission
Nope. Day, month, year is logical. -
Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission you hear all the time "the EU cost us soooo much, what does the EU do for us?"
People are so ignorant, cause they don't remember, how it was once. I am out of a generation that had the experience!
One phone number for emergency calls, you can visit a doctor in another EU country with your insurance card, no passport needed into EU, no problem with your EU driver license, you pay the same price in a foreign EU mobile phone net, like at home etc.
Just more of EU standardization!
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@EUCommission wish it would work everywhere. Here in Portugal, they hang up on you 50% of the time
@haaflife @EUCommission Are yours subcontracted to private operators that exploit their employees too? Might be worth looking into who runs it, because in Andalucia and Valencia that's exactly what "happens".
Just in case some EUropeans think the EU somehow *operates* 112. It does not.
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@dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission DD-MM-YYYY is just as wrong as saying it's now 2 minutes and 12 o'clock, or that someone is 81 centimetres and 1 meter tall
It's not easier, it's just something you're used to.
(Also, YYYY-MM-DD is perfectly fine for people in Japan, Korea, China and Hungary)
@phl @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission I disagree
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission This is also part of the GSM (mobile) standard so if you dial 112 anywhere in the world on your mobile it will connect you to the nearest emergency line. A signal from any network is required so not to worry if your reception is not great.
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission surprisingly this also works in the UK?
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@kDelta @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission Ah yes, the logical pyramid.
This was written at 53:00:13
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission You can also use that number in the UK, but many Brits don't know that.
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@EUCommission surprisingly this also works in the UK?
@EUCommission @fishidwardrobe I was very surprised when I tried to dial the non-emergency police number but dialled 112 instead of 101, immediately hung up and dialled 101, then got a callback from the 999 operator to find out why I hung up
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@EUCommission @fishidwardrobe I was very surprised when I tried to dial the non-emergency police number but dialled 112 instead of 101, immediately hung up and dialled 101, then got a callback from the 999 operator to find out why I hung up
@jackeric @EUCommission that's kind of good to know they do that, i think?
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@kDelta @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission Ah yes, the logical pyramid.
This was written at 53:00:13
@phl @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission But what time zone are you in?
This was posted 12:09 UTC on 14/02/2026
