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  1. 911, sometimes written 9-1-1, is an emergency telephone number for Argentina, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Sint Maarten, the United States, [2] and Uruguay, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes.

  2. 9-1-1 Origin & History - National Emergency Number Association. The three-digit telephone number "9-1-1" has been designated as the "Universal Emergency Number," for citizens throughout the United States to request emergency assistance.

  3. www.911.gov › assets › History-of-911-And-What-ItHISTORY OF 911 - 911.gov

    designation of 911 as a universal emergency number. Just 35 days later, Senator Rankin Fite completed the first 911 call, over a GTE telephone line, in Haleyville, Alabama.8 While this event introduced the concept of Basic 911 (B911) service9 to the American public, it was not until the Public Safety Act of 1999 that 911 was

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