Description

An emergency call is a call with a three digit short number of the emergency service selected by the caller: European emergency service 112; police, emergency call 117; fire, alarm center 118; victim support 142; friendly Hand 143; ambulance, emergency call 144; telephone help for children and young 147. An emergency call can be done from a fixed, mobile or satellite network. The emergency call must be routed to the alarm center of the competent service according to the location and nature of the case. A region from which the emergency calls are routed to a precise alarm center is an intervention region. Each intervention region has a routing number. The map shows the intervention regions of Switzerland for the emergency calls 112 originated from a fixed network. The alarm center and routing number of any intervention region are identified when selecting the targeted intervention region.

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Additional information

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Issued date
January 1, 2014
Modified date
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Conforms to
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Publisher
Federal Office of Communications
Contact points
transmitter@bakom.admin.ch
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
Further information
Landing page
https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/de/home/das-bakom/organisation/rechtliche-grundlagen/vollzugspraxis/technische-und-administrative-vorschriften/sr-784-101-113-1-3.html
Documentation
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Temporal coverage
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Spatial coverage
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Update interval
Annual
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