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12.09.05, 21:50
The City of Warsaw, in conjunction with the Warsaw Voice, an excellent paper
dedicated to foreigners living in Poland as well as people in other countries
who are interested in Polish matters, have produced a leaflet in Polish and
English under the title "Be safe in Warsaw".
This is full of wise advice on how to conduct yourself in the following
situations; during an assault, if you hear shots (they mean shooting, or gun
shots, rather than alcoholic ones by the way), during a hostage situation, if
you see an unattended bag and in case of a bomb alert, as well as the generic
advice in case of fire, and what to focus on when calling for an ambulance.
What I wanted to repeat here is just the emergency numbers that you need to
know in Poland. Dialling 911 will not help you.
Here they are:
999 - ambulance
998 - fire brigade
997 - police
986 - straz miejska (the translation calls this the "City Patrol Force" but
I can think of some other more colourful descriptions for them)
992 - Gas leak emergencies
112 - mobile emergency number
9656 - City's technical emergency service.
There are also special emergency numbers for foreigners in Warsaw which are
manned by people who know English, French, German and Russian, and they are
0800 200 300 - toll-free
0608 599 999 - mobile