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# Emergency telephone numbers

Learn about supported global emergency telephone numbers and social value numbers available when utilizing Twilio Programmable Voice to connect users with public safety answering points (PSAPs).

You can use this guide to provide inbound contact center services, outbound contact center services, and PSTN connectivity.

See [Related reference documentation](#related-reference-documentation) to learn more about the API resources used in this guide.

## Supported emergency telephone numbers and social value numbers

Below you will find a list of supported emergency telephone numbers and numbers of social value.

You can call emergency numbers with or without the country code, except for 2-digit emergency numbers that always require the country code.

| Country                  | Telephone numbers                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Australia                | 000, 112, 106                                                                                                |
| Austria                  | 112, 122, 128, 133, 140, 141, 142, 144, 147, 116000, 116006, 116117, 116123                                  |
| Brazil                   | 100, 111, 112, 911, 125, 128, 132, 153, 180, 181, 185, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199 |
| Canada                   | 911, 933                                                                                                     |
| France                   | 15, 17, 18, 112, 1121, 1122, 114, 115, 119, 191, 196, 197, 116000, 116111, 116117                            |
| Germany                  | 110, 112, 116000, 116006, 116111, 116117, 116123                                                             |
| Ireland                  | 999, 112, 116000, 116006, 116111, 116123                                                                     |
| Slovenia                 | 112, 113, 116111, 116123                                                                                     |
| United States of America | 911, 933                                                                                                     |
| United Kingdom           | 999, 112, 116000, 116111, 116123                                                                             |

## Use cases for emergency calling with Twilio Programmable Voice

This guide teaches the basics required for the following use cases:

### Create an inbound contact center with Twilio Programmable Voice

You can use this guide to ensure that agents within an inbound contact center can reach emergency services with accurate location data during a crisis.

To learn more advanced features that you can use with inbound contact centers, see [Voice inbound contact center](/docs/voice/guides/inbound-call-center).

### Create an outbound contact center with Twilio Programmable Voice

You can use this guide to enable emergency calling capabilities for outbound dialers, ensuring compliance and safety for remote or office-based agents.

To learn more advanced features that you can use with outbound contact centers, see [Voice outbound contact center](/docs/voice/guides/outbound-call-center).

### Establish PSTN connectivity with Twilio Programmable Voice

You can use this guide to provide reliable emergency service access when connecting your existing communications infrastructure to the public switched telephone network.

To learn more advanced features that you can use with PSTN connectivity, see [Voice PSTN connectivity](/docs/voice/guides/pstn-connectivity).

## Next steps

Explore the following guides to build on what you've learned in this guide:

* [Emergency calling](/docs/voice/tutorials/emergency-calling-for-programmable-voice): Learn how to set up emergency calling.
* [Respond to incoming phone calls](/docs/voice/tutorials/how-to-respond-to-incoming-phone-calls): Ensure your webhooks are ready to handle return calls from emergency dispatchers.
* [Emergency calling for SIP interfaces](/docs/voice/sip/emergency-calling): Learn how to implement emergency routing specifically for SIP-based communications.
* [Programmable Voice failover best practices](/docs/voice/twilio-voice-failover-best-practices): Implement strategies to maintain voice connectivity during service interruptions.

## Related reference documentation

Find reference documentation for the topics on this page.

* [Emergency calling for SIP interfaces API](/docs/voice/sip/api/emergency-calling-api)
* [Programmable Voice API overview](/docs/voice/api)
* [Pricing: Voice resource](/docs/voice/pricing-api/voicenumber-resource)