🆘 Emergency reference
When something goes wrong, you don't want to be Googling. Bookmark this page on your phone — it works offline once cached.
Works in all 29 Schengen countries + Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein. Free from any phone — even locked, even with no SIM. Multilingual operators dispatch police, fire, or medical.
By country
Country-specific numbers and the nearest US embassy.
🇫🇷FrancePolice 17 · Medical 15 (SAMU) · Fire 18▶
Paris also has a 24/7 English-speaking SOS Médecins service: 36 24.
Full France playbook →🇮🇹ItalyPolice 113 (state police) / 112 (carabinieri) · Medical 118 · Fire 115▶
US consulates in Milan, Florence, and Naples also handle emergency passport services.
Full Italy playbook →🇪🇸SpainPolice 091 (national) / 092 (local) · Medical 061 · Fire 080 / 085 (varies by region)▶
Consulate in Barcelona handles Catalonia, Aragón, and the Balearics.
Full Spain playbook →🇩🇪GermanyPolice 110 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
US consulates: Frankfurt (largest, handles many citizen services), Munich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig.
Full Germany playbook →🇳🇱NetherlandsPolice 0900-8844 (non-emergency) · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇬🇷GreecePolice 100 · Medical 166 · Fire 199▶
US Consulate General in Thessaloniki for northern Greece.
Full Greece playbook →🇵🇹PortugalPolice 112 (PSP for cities; GNR for rural) · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
US Consulate in Ponta Delgada (Azores) for islands.
Full Portugal playbook →🇨🇭SwitzerlandPolice 117 · Medical 144 · Fire 118▶
Mountain rescue: 1414 (REGA — air rescue, donate-supported, will bill non-members; recommended to buy day-pass insurance via REGA app).
Full Switzerland playbook →🇦🇹AustriaPolice 133 · Medical 144 · Fire 122▶
Alpine emergencies (Tyrol/Salzburg): 140 for mountain rescue.
Full Austria playbook →🇨🇿Czech Republic (Czechia)Police 158 · Medical 155 · Fire 150▶
🇧🇪BelgiumPolice 101 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇩🇰DenmarkPolice 114 (non-emergency) · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇸🇪SwedenPolice 114 14 (non-emergency) · Medical 1177 (medical advice line) · Fire 112▶
🇳🇴NorwayPolice 02800 (non-emergency) · Medical 113 · Fire 110▶
Sea/mountain rescue: 120 (sea) / 1412 SMS (deaf-accessible).
Full Norway playbook →🇫🇮FinlandPolice 112 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇮🇸IcelandPolice 444 1000 (non-emergency) · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
Road conditions: 1777 (recorded). safetravel.is for trip plans — file one before remote drives.
Full Iceland playbook →🇵🇱PolandPolice 997 · Medical 999 · Fire 998▶
🇭🇺HungaryPolice 107 · Medical 104 · Fire 105▶
🇭🇷CroatiaPolice 192 · Medical 194 · Fire 193▶
🇸🇮SloveniaPolice 113 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
Mountain rescue: 112 — say 'mountain' (gore) and they'll dispatch.
Full Slovenia playbook →🇧🇬BulgariaPolice 166 · Medical 150 · Fire 160▶
🇷🇴RomaniaPolice 112 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇪🇪EstoniaPolice 110 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇱🇻LatviaPolice 110 · Medical 113 · Fire 112▶
🇱🇹LithuaniaPolice 112 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇸🇰SlovakiaPolice 158 · Medical 155 · Fire 150▶
Mountain rescue (Tatras): 18 300 — keep this on speed dial if hiking high.
Full Slovakia playbook →🇱🇺LuxembourgPolice 113 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇲🇹MaltaPolice 112 · Medical 112 · Fire 112▶
🇱🇮LiechtensteinPolice 117 · Medical 144 · Fire 118▶
All US consular services for Liechtenstein are handled by US Embassy Bern.