Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!nucsrl!telecom-request From: david@cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Emergency Phone Numbers in Melbourne Australia Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 02:28:35 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University Lines: 16 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 196, Message 12 of 12 Looking at the 1990 Melbourne White Pages (Area Code 03) I find that the emergency services now have individual numbers in addition to the standard 000 (US 911) "ask operator for service required" number. The numbers listed are: Fire Brigade 11441 Police 11444 Ambulance 11440 No other Australian White Page directory I have seen list numbers like these. Although not quite explictly stated, I would imagine that these numbers are free like 000. David Wilson Dept Comp Sci, Uni of Wollongong david@cs.uow.edu.au