1. Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06

   …n a fire at Wimpole Street in London in 1935. Neighbours were unable to dial 0 for the switchboard found it jammed with calls and could not alert anyone of the fire. Prior to 999 people called their local police station to raise the alarm. The…
   …xchange operators to give priority to the emergency call. == Instant success == During the first week there were 1,336 calls made to **999**. That number has grown to around 560,000 calls a week and more than 30 million calls a year, call hand…
   …lers still manage to answer 97% of calls within five seconds. == Why 999? == {{Image url="Dialling_999.jpg" class="left" title="Dialling 999" width="" }} Becau…

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