International and National Help lines
USA HELPLINES
USA National Hotline List
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 170 languages through interpreter services
If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.
Child Abuse: An Overview
> Crisis-Lines and Hotlines
Child help USA®
National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-4-A-CHILD
24 Hours a Day
Child Abuse National Hotline
1-800-252-2873, 1-800-25ABUSE
National Youth Crisis Hotline
National Youth Development
1-800-HIT-HOME (1-800-448-4663)
National Runaway Switchboard
This hot-line is a referral service for youths in personal crisis.
1-800-621-4000
Children and Family Help Lines
The numbers listed below can be dialed toll-free from anywhere within the United States. These organizations provide mental health information and referrals, and in some cases, crisis counseling.
CHILDHELP USA®
National Child Abuse Hotline
800-4-A-CHILD
800-2-A-CHILD (TDD)
www.childhelpusa.org/programs_counseling.htm
Provides multilingual crisis intervention and professional counseling on child abuse and domestic violence issues. Gives referrals to local agencies offering counseling and other services related to child abuse, adult survivor issues, and domestic violence. Provides literature on child abuse in English and Spanish.
Covenant House Nine line
800-999-9999
Spanish-speaking operators available.
www.covenanthouse.org/programs_nl.html
Crisis line for youth, teens, and families. Locally based referrals throughout the United States. Help for youth and parents regarding drugs, abuse, homelessness, runaway children, and message relays.
Girls and Boys Town National Hotline
800-448-3000
800-448-1833 (TDD)
Spanish-speaking operators available; TDD capability.
www.girlsandboystown.org
National Child Care Information Center, ACF
800-616-2242
800-516-2242 (TDD)
800-716-2242 (Fax)
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Spanish-speaking operators available.
www.nccic.org
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
800-394-3366
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
(800) 799-SAVE (7233)
Spanish-speaking operators available.
http://www.ncadv.org
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
888-Rx-ABUSE
800-595-4889 (TDD)
http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=41
National Runaway Switchboard
800-621-4000
800-621-0394 (TDD)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., 24-hour voice mail
www.nrscrisisline.org
Provides crisis intervention and travel assistance information to runaways. Gives referrals to shelters nationwide. Also relays messages to, or sets up conference calls with, parents at the request of the child. Has access to AT&T Language Line.
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National (RAIN) Network
800-656-4673
Spanish-speaking operators available.
www.rainn.org/
Well Spouse Association
800-838-0879
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
24-hour recording - leave message
www.wellspouse.org/information.html
for immediate personal danger always call 911
England/UK
Women's Aid
Women's Aid & Refuge
Free phone 24 hr National Domestic Violence Helpline Run in partnership between Women's Aid & Refuge
0808 2000 247
Women's Aid, PO Box Bristol 391, BS99 7WS | Registered Charity No. 1054154 | T: 0117 944 4411 | F: 0117 924 1703
E: info@womensaid.org.uk | Helpline: helpline@womensaid.org.uk
Domestic violence help lines
The following help lines can offer you practical help and advice including:
• Emergency refuge accommodation
• Safety planning and advice
• Translation facilities if you have difficulty communicating in English
English National Domestic Violence helpline
0808 2000 247
Northern Ireland Women's Aid 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline
028 9033 1818
Scottish Domestic Abuse Helpline
0800 027 1234
Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline
0808 80 10 800
www.wdah.org
Refuge
Helpline: 0808 2000 247
www.refuge.org.uk
Refuge is the UK's largest single provider of safe accommodation and support to women and children escaping domestic violence.
Scottish Women's Aid
Contact the head office via an email form on the website: the website gives numbers of local groups.
www.scottishwomensaid.co.uk
Information about Scottish local support groups and refuge services.
Welsh Women's Aid / Cymorth I Fenywod
Helpline: 08 08 80 10 800
www.welshwomensaid.org
Information about Welsh local support groups and refuge services.
Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation
Helpline: 028 9033 1818
www.niwaf.org
Provides refuge and support to women and children suffering harassment in the home.
M.A.L.E (Men's Advice Line Enquiries)
Helpline: 0845 064 6800
10am-9pm Mondays, 10am-5pm Tuesday - Thursday. A confidential 24-hour answer phone service is available at all other times.
A helpline service for men experiencing domestic violence.
VICTIM SUPPORT
Provides help and advice for victims of crime.
0845 3030 900
Respect is the UK membership association for domestic violence perpetrator programmes and associated support services. Our key focus is on increasing the safety of those experiencing domestic violence through promoting effective interventions with perpetrators.
Respect Phoneline 0845 122 8609
The Respect Phoneline 0845 122 8609 is an information and advice line for people who are concerned about their behaviour towards their partners.
NSPCC -National Society for Prevention of Child Cruelty
Worried about a child? Call the NSPCC Child Protection Helpline on 0808 800 5000.
Help for children & young people
0800 1111
Copyright © 2006 NSPCC - All rights reserved. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Registered charity number 216401. NSPCC, charity registered in Scotland, charity number SC037717.
If you feel you are in immediate personal danger always dial 999
Germany
BUNDERSVERBAND
Frauenberatungstellen und Frauennotrufe
Kontakt:
Bundesverband Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe
Geschäftsstelle
Rungestraße 22-24
10179 Berlin
t: 030-322 995 00
f: 030-322 995 01
m: info@bv-bff.de
Der WEISSE RING...
... ist die einzige bundesweite Hilfsorganisation für Kriminalitätsopfer und ihre Familien. Der gemeinnützige Verein tritt auch öffentlich für die Interessen der Betroffenen ein und unterstützt den Vorbeugungsgedanken.
Kriminalitätsopfer und Interessierte können telefonisch Informationen zu den Hilfen des WEISSEN RINGS anfordern. Mit diesem zentralen Infotelefon betont der gemeinnützige Verein weiter seine Stärke bei der Information über Hilfsangebote.
Der Telefonanschluss 01803 - 34 34 34 kann aus jedem Ort Deutschlands angewählt werden (0,09 € pro Minute). Diese Telefonnummer des WEISSEN RINGS sollte sich jeder Bürger sofort notieren.
Bundesgeschäftsstelle
|
WEISSER RING e. V. |
Telefon: 06131 83 03 0 |
In Deutschland arbeitet The Body Shop bei der Kampagne STOPPT HÄUSLICHE GEWALT mit TERRE DES FEMMES zusammen.
Wenn Sie Hilfe benötigen, wenden Sie sich bitte an:
TERRE DES FEMMES- Menschenrechte für die Frau e.V.
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 40
72072 Tübingen
Telefon: 07071-79 73 0
www.frauenrechte.de
Hilfe für den Notfall:
www.frauen-gegen-gewalt.def
or immediate personal danger always call 112
Further Helplines/ Emergency contact numbers from around the world!
International "911" and Emergency Numbers
International Emergency Telephone Numbers
Last update: February 2008
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
|
Country |
Ambulance |
Fire |
Police |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Afghanistan |
local numbers only |
||
|
Albania |
17 |
18 |
19 |
|
Algeria |
21606666 |
14 |
17 |
|
American Samoa |
911 |
||
|
Andorra |
118 |
118 |
110 |
|
Angola |
118 |
118 |
110 |
|
Anguilla |
911 |
||
|
Antarctica (McMurdo Station) |
911 |
||
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
999/911 |
||
|
Argentina |
107 |
100 |
101 |
|
Armenia |
103 |
|
|
|
Aruba |
911 |
||
|
Ascension Island |
6000 |
911 |
6666 |
|
Australia |
000 (112 on mobile) |
||
|
Austria |
112/122 |
||
|
Azerbaijan (Baku) |
03 |
01 |
02 |
|
Azores |
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bahamas |
911 |
||
|
Bahrain |
999 |
||
|
Bali |
112 |
118 |
|
|
Bangladesh (Dhaka) |
199 |
9 555 555 |
866 551-3 |
|
Barbados |
511 |
311 |
211 |
|
Belgium |
112 |
||
|
Belarus |
103 |
101 |
102 |
|
Belize |
911 |
||
|
Benin |
local numbers only |
||
|
Bermuda |
911 |
||
|
Bhutan |
110 |
112 |
113 |
|
Bolivia |
118 |
|
110 |
|
Bonaire |
911 |
||
|
Bornio (Sabah) |
999 |
|
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
124 |
123 |
122 |
|
Botswana |
997/911 |
||
|
Brazil |
192 |
193 |
190 |
|
Bosnia |
94 |
93 |
92 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
999 |
||
|
Brunei |
991 |
995 |
993 |
|
Bulgaria |
150 |
160 |
166 |
|
Burkina Faso |
local numbers only |
||
|
Burma/Myanmar |
999 |
||
|
Burundi |
local numbers only |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cambodia, The Kingdom of (Phnom Penh) |
119 |
118 |
117 |
|
Cameroon |
local numbers only |
||
|
Canada (AB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QU) |
911 |
||
|
Canada (BC, NF, SK) |
911 local only1 |
||
|
Canada (NT) |
|
3 dig+2222 |
3 dig+1111 |
|
Canada (NU) |
local only |
||
|
Canada (YK) |
3 dig+3333 |
3 dig+2222 |
3 dig+5555 |
|
Canary Islands |
112 |
||
|
Cape Verde (Santiago Island) |
130 |
131 |
132 |
|
Cayman Islands |
911 |
||
|
Central African Republic |
local numbers only |
||
|
Chad |
|
18 |
17 |
|
Chile |
131 |
132 |
133 |
|
China, The People's Republic of |
999/120 (Beijing) |
119 |
110 |
|
Christmas Island |
000 |
||
|
Columbia |
112/123 land & mobile |
||
|
Comoros Islands |
local numbers only |
||
|
Congo |
local numbers only |
||
|
Cook Islands |
998 |
996 |
999 |
|
Costa Rica |
911 |
||
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
|
110/111/170 |
180 |
|
Croatia |
94/112 |
93/112 |
92 |
|
Cuba |
26811 |
||
|
Curaçao |
112 |
114 |
444444 |
|
Cyprus |
112/199 |
||
|
Czech Republic |
112/155 |
112/150 |
112/158 |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of/Zaïre |
local numbers only |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denmark |
112 |
||
|
Djibouti |
351351 |
18 |
17 |
|
Dominica, Commonwealth of |
999 |
||
|
Dominican Republic |
911 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Timor |
112 |
||
|
Easter Island |
100-215 |
100-264 |
100-244 |
|
Ecuador |
131 |
|
101 |
|
Egypt |
123 |
180 |
112 |
|
El Salvador |
911 |
||
|
England |
112/999 |
||
|
Equatorial Guinea |
local numbers only |
||
|
Eritrea |
local numbers only |
||
|
Estonia |
112 |
||
|
Ethiopia |
92 |
93 |
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Faeroe Islands (Denmark) |
112 |
||
|
Falkland Islands |
999 |
||
|
Fiji |
911 |
9170 |
911 |
|
Finland |
112 |
||
|
France |
112/15 |
112/18 |
112/17 |
|
French Guiana |
112/15 |
112/18 |
112/17 |
|
French Polynesia |
15 |
18 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gabon |
1300-1399 |
18 |
1730 |
|
Gaborone |
997/911 |
998 |
999 |
|
Gambia, The |
16 |
18 |
17 |
|
Georgia |
022 |
||
|
Germany |
112 |
||
|
Ghana |
193 |
192 |
191 |
|
Gibraltar |
999 |
||
|
Greece |
112/166 |
112/199 |
112/100 |
|
Greenland |
|
113 |
|
|
Grenada |
434 |
112 |
911 |
|
Guadeloupe |
18 |
18 |
17 |
|
Guam |
911 |
||
|
Guatamala |
123 |
123 |
110 |
|
Guernsey |
999 |
||
|
Guinea Bissau |
local numbers only |
||
|
Guinea Republic |
local numbers only |
||
|
Guyana |
912 |
913 |
911 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haiti |
118 |
|
114 |
|
Honduras |
1952/37 8654 |
198 |
119 |
|
Hong Kong |
999/112 mobile |
||
|
Hungary |
112/105 |
112/107 |
112/104 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iceland |
112 |
||
|
India |
102 |
101 |
100 |
|
Indonesia |
118/119 |
113 |
110 |
|
Iran |
115 |
125 |
110 |
|
Iraq |
local numbers only |
||
|
Ireland, Republic of |
112/999 |
||
|
Isle of Man |
999 |
||
|
Israel |
101 |
102 |
100 |
|
Italy |
118 |
115 |
113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jamaica |
110 |
110 |
119 |
|
Japan |
119 |
119 |
110 |
|
Jersey |
999 |
||
|
Jordan |
191 |
193 |
192 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kazakhstan |
03 |
||
|
Kenya |
999 |
||
|
Kiribati |
994 |
|
|
|
Kosovo |
911 |
||
|
Korea, The Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea) |
local numbers only |
||
|
Korea, The Republic of (South Korea) |
119 |
119 |
112 |
|
Kuwait |
112 |
||
|
Kyrgyzstan |
103 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laos |
local numbers only |
||
|
Latvia |
03/112 |
01/112 |
02/112 |
|
Lebanon |
140 |
175 |
112 |
|
Lesotho |
121 |
122 |
123/124 |
|
Liberia |
911 mobile only |
||
|
Libya |
193 |
||
|
Liechtenstein |
112 |
||
|
Lithuania |
112 |
||
|
Luxembourg |
112 |
112 |
112/113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Macau |
999/318 |
||
|
Macedonia |
193 |
192 |
194 |
|
Madagascar |
local numbers only |
||
|
Madeira |
112 |
||
|
Malawi |
998 |
999 |
997 |
|
Malaysia |
999 |
994 |
999 |
|
Maldives Republic |
102 |
999 |
119 |
|
Mali |
15 |
17 |
18 |
|
Malta |
112 |
||
|
Marianas Island |
911 |
|
|
|
Marshall Islands |
625 4111 |
|
625 8666 |
|
Martinique |
15 |
18 |
17 |
|
Mauritania |
|
118 |
117 |
|
Mauritius |
999 |
||
|
Mayotte |
15 |
|
|
|
Menorca |
112 |
112 |
112/091 |
|
México |
066, 060 or 080 |
||
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
local numbers only |
||
|
Moldavia |
903 |
901 |
902 |
|
Monaco |
112 |
||
|
Mongolia |
103 |
101 |
102 |
|
Montserrat |
911 |
|
999 |
|
Morocco |
15 |
15 |
19 |
|
Moyotte |
15 |
|
|
|
Mozambique |
117 |
198 |
119 |
|
Myanmar |
199 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Namibia |
2032276 |
2032270 |
1011 |
|
Nauru |
local numbers only |
||
|
Nepal |
|
101 | 100/103 |
|
Netherlands (Holland) |
112 |
||
|
Netherlands Antilles |
112 |
||
|
New Caledonia |
18 |
18 |
17 |
|
New Zealand |
111 |
||
|
Nicaragua |
128 |
115/911 |
118 |
|
Niger |
local numbers only |
||
|
Nigeria |
199 |
||
|
Niue |
999 |
||
|
Norfolk Islands |
000 |
||
|
Northern Ireland |
112/999 |
||
|
Norway |
113 |
110 |
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oman |
9999 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pakistan |
115 |
16 |
15/1122 |
|
Palau |
911 |
||
|
Palestine |
101 |
101 |
100 |
|
Panama |
911 |
||
|
Papua New Guinea /Port Moresby3 |
|
1101 |
0001 |
|
Paraguay |
911 |
||
|
Peru |
|
116 |
105 |
|
Philipines |
117 |
||
|
Pitcairn Islands |
no telephone system |
||
|
Poland |
112/997 |
112/999 |
112/998 |
|
Portugal |
112 (117 for forest fires) |
||
|
Puerto Rico |
911 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qatar |
999 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Réunion |
15/112 |
18 |
17 |
|
Romania |
112 |
||
|
Russia |
112 |
||
|
Russian Federation |
03/911/112 |
01/911/112 |
02/911/112 |
|
Rwanda |
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saba |
912 |
|
5994 63237 |
|
Sabah (Borneo) |
999 |
||
|
Samoa |
999 |
||
|
San Marino |
118 |
115 |
113 |
|
São Tomé and Principe |
local numbers only |
||
|
Sarawak |
999 |
994 |
999 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
997 |
998 |
999 |
|
Scotland |
112/999 |
||
|
Scilly, Isles of |
999 |
||
|
Senegal |
local numbers only |
||
|
Serbia |
112 |
||
|
Seychelles |
999 |
||
|
Sierra Leone |
999 |
019 |
999 |
|
Singapore |
995 |
995 |
999 |
|
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) |
155 |
150 |
158 |
|
Slovenia |
112 |
112 |
113 |
|
Solomon Islands |
999 |
||
|
Somalia |
local numbers only |
||
|
South Africa |
10177 |
10177 |
10111 |
|
South Africa (Cape Town) |
107 |
||
|
S. Georgia Is./ S. Sandwich Is. |
no telephone system |
||
|
Srpska, Republic of |
124 |
123 |
122 |
|
Spain |
112 |
||
|
Sri Lanka |
110 |
111 |
118/119 |
|
St Eustatius |
140 |
||
|
St Eustatius |
911 |
||
|
St Helena |
911 |
||
|
St Kitts & Nevis |
911 |
||
|
St Lucia |
999/911 |
||
|
St Maarten |
911/542-2111 |
911/120 |
911/542-2111 |
|
St Pierre & Miquelon |
15 |
18 |
17 |
|
St Vincent & the Grenadines |
999/911 |
||
|
Sudan |
|
|
112 |
|
Suriname |
115 |
||
|
Swaziland |
local numbers only |
||
|
Sweden |
112 |
||
|
Switzerland |
112/144 |
112/118 |
112/117 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) |
110 |
113 |
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tahiti - French Polynesia |
15 |
|
|
|
Taiwan (Republic of China) |
119 |
119 |
110 |
|
Tajikistan |
03 |
|
|
|
Tanzania |
112/999 |
||
|
Thailand |
1669 |
199 |
191 |
|
Tibet |
unknown |
||
|
Togo |
|
|
101 |
|
Tonga |
911 |
||
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
990 |
990 |
999 |
|
Tunisia |
190 |
198 |
197 |
|
Turkey |
110 |
155 |
112 |
|
Turkmenistan |
03 |
||
|
Turks and Caicos Islands |
999/911 |
||
|
Tuvalu/Ellice Is. |
911 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uganda |
112 mobile/999 fixed |
||
|
Ukraine |
112 |
||
|
United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) |
998/999 |
||
|
United Kingdom |
112/999 |
||
|
United States |
911 |
||
|
Uruguay |
911 |
||
|
US Virgin Islands |
911 |
||
|
Uzbekistan |
03 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vanuatu |
112 |
||
|
Vatican City |
113 |
115 |
112 |
|
Venezuela |
171 |
||
|
Vietnam |
05 |
08 |
03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wake Island |
no telephone system |
||
|
Western Sahara |
150 |
|
|
|
Western Samoa |
999 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yemen, Republic of |
191 |
191 |
194 |
|
Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) |
94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zambia |
991/112 mobile |
993/112 mobile |
999/112 mobile |
|
Zimbabwe |
994/999 |
993/999 |
995/999 |
1 911 service in major cities only; local numbers in rural areas
2 Red Cross
3 Papua New Guinea should be getting one number for all services in the near future.
When roaming with a GSM telephone in the European Union, use 112 for emergency services.
The world is a volatile place. Many of the countries listed here have gone through considerable changes in the past couple of years (Hong Kong, for example, is now run by China, and the European Union (EU) has standardized much of Europe.) In addition, some countries are in the process of changing their systems to one number for all emergency services. This list is accurate to the best of the author's knowledge, but changes may have been made since this list was compiled. Many of the EU countries are retaining, at least for now, their old emergency numbers even as they standardize on the new 112, and are listed here if still in operation.
Every effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these numbers, but mistakes do happen. Please try to confirm your information before travelling, and let us know if you find any inaccuracies.
Any updates, corrections, additions, filling in gaps, etc., would be greatly appreciated. Please send information here.