Emergency phone numbers in France
There are various phone numbers reserved for emergencies in France that are worth remembering 'just in case'!
The main emergency telephone numbers to be used in France are:
- 15 : ambulance and doctor
- 17 : police / gendarmes
- 18 : pompiers (fire brigade)
- 112 : European general emergency phone number
- 115 : for homeless people
- 119 : maltreated children
Note that 18, for pompiers, is used for a wide range of problems - not just fires. For example during the recent storm emergency it was pompiers who came out to make emergency repairs to damaged roofs. If you call the pompiers with a medical urgency they will put you through to the correct department.
So if you can only remember one emergency number for your visit - make it 18.
