Emergency 999 or 112

Useful advice pompa...many thanks.

I remember being told that as well. Must put it in my phone.

Also put ICE in front of the number of the person you want contacted in the case of an accident. It satnds for 'in case of emergency' and the emergency services will contact that person first.

Good information, thank you both.

Thanks, pompa, they didn't tell me that!

Thanx pompa ...I didn't know that either.

A friend forwarded an e-mail circular to me with the 112 info, and also some other interesting things not many people know about mobile phones.

1. hidden battery power When your phone is almost out of power press*3370# (remember the asterisk and #)Your phone will re-start in a special way with this new reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery life. The reserve will get re-charged when you next charge your phone.
I have put this into my phone contacts, but have never used it.

2. to disable a stolen phone To find your phone's serial number key in *#06#
A 15 digit number will be displayed. This can be kept somewhere safe and used to report theft to your server. They will then block your handset and even if the thief changes the sim card it will not work.

3. if you lock your remote car key in the car if there is someone at home with access to your spare, ask them to press the unlock button next to their phone while you hold yours within a foot of the car door. Your door (or boot) will unlock. This works anywhere in the world.

4. Not a phone tip but useful in an emergency - ATM PIN number reversal if you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw cash, you can notify the police by putting in your PIN in reverse. You will receive the money, and the Police will be dispatched immediately.

Reading this thread it just occurred to me that it is coincidental in America they use 911 and their biggest disaster happened on 911 (September 11).

Faye, do you think this is a coincidence, or was it a macabre joke on the part of the terrorists?

I know most of us would reach for a mobile phone in an emergency but if ever you do need to run to a phone box I hope everyone knows that you don't need cash and a 999 call is free. (Maybe teaching granny to suck eggs but I've come across folk who don't know!)

Annobel the 911 coincidence only just occurred to me. I have always believed there were explosives in the buildings.

I find these videos interesting from major news, NBC, CNN etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n-nT-luFIw

em, as I said earlier you are better to use 112 on a mobile phone, rather than 999.

Thanks pompa. I didn't know that but also felt that with no mobile available it might be useful to know about the free 999 call from a phone box. Admittedly, a mobile would probably be more readily available these days.

All this is really useful and important information Thanks everyone.

I've added the necessaries to my phone and diary. Really useful - thank you!

Many thanks DamianTech for posting, as I was aware that some of shysals post was actually not correct, but didn't feel comfortable correcting them as my knowledge was insufficient. I have come across these misconceptions before and it is a shame that they are not true as they sound good and always posted in good faith.

Trouble is, they sound so good that we can't help passing them on ......

I get these emails too, quite a lot of them from a friend who is not web-savvy enough to sift the wheat from the chaff. If I have time, I find out the true story from hoaxslayer or quackwatch, and post it back (I am definitely a party-pooper) but there is always another one being circulated .......

Sorry about my misleading information, I rather naively took my email at face value!

Don't worry shysal - at least you've alerted us to the second one - and that's important enough! I've put the info in my diary!