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How does 999/112 work in Ireland?

Random · 2006-09-24 23:07:51

Maybe a stupid question... but just another one of "those things" I'm trying to work out :P How does 999/112 work in Ireland? There's a centre in each city which covers city and surrounding areas? There's one general centre in Dublin? When you ring from a landline they detect where you're calling from and this is why you…

24-09-2006 11:07pm

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Maybe a stupid question... but just another one of "those things" I'm trying to work out :P

How does 999/112 work in Ireland? There's a centre in each city which covers city and surrounding areas? There's one general centre in Dublin? When you ring from a landline they detect where you're calling from and this is why you just need to give streetname or whatever? They do the same with mobiles based on the phone masts?

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Normally I believe the emergency service operator just uses the same system to trace a phone number, like a caller ID though maybe more advanced. I believe the emergency lines have their own circuits that normal phone traffic cannot access. Some of your questions answered, not sure about the rest.

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