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Sep 5, 2020, 7 tweets

Hello... helllooooo🤩 #30days30waysUK day 5.
Are you prepared... and we mean PREPARED to #MakeTheRightCall? 📞1⃣0⃣1⃣ --- 9⃣9⃣9⃣

Don't be a numpty.
Call 9⃣9⃣9⃣ in a genuine emergency only and that is:
🚨immediate danger
🚨threat to life
🚨violence threatened
🚨crime in progress, suspect nearby

For rescue near the coast, beach, at sea:
📞call 999, ask for the coast guard

... and for more @HMCoastguard video see #NowPlaying999Coastguard 😃✅

For rescue near mountains, off-road:
📞call 999, ask for
➡️ police, then ask for
➡️ mountain rescue

@MountainResqUK | image @ScottishMR

⚠️😶In danger, need the police but can't speak #MakeYourselfHeard
📞dial 999
👂listen to the operator
🗣️respond: cough or tap the handset
5⃣5⃣when prompted press 55 to let the operator know that it is a genuine emergency and you will be connected

@PoliceChiefs @womensaid

🧏If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired find out about the free Relay UK service. Alert the police, ambulance, fire or coastguard by either calling via a relay assistant or texting a message to 999 using SMS
ℹ️ relayuk.bt.com/how-to-use-rel…

Be clear #MakeTheRightCall 📞1⃣0⃣1⃣ --- 9⃣9⃣9⃣

#30days30waysUK September is Preparedness Month

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