Police, fire, ambulance, coastguard or mountain rescue.
UK emergency services, explained
Know who to call.
Understand who responds.
A clear, independent guide to emergency contacts, regional services, specialist vehicles and public-safety careers across the United Kingdom.
Make the
right call.
Calls to 999, 112, 101 and 111 are free. Use 999 or 112 only when there is immediate danger, a crime in progress or a serious threat to life.
Report crime that is not in progress or contact your local force.
Urgent NHS medical help when the situation is not life-threatening.
Power cut: 105
Gas emergency: 0800 111 999
Emergency SMS: registration required.
Find your local
emergency services.
Enter a UK town, city or full postcode. The lookup checks official geographic data and covers England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
A full postcode gives the most precise result.
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Geographic data is informational. Always confirm through the relevant official organisation. The supplied NHS layer provides regional boundaries rather than exact ambulance-trust boundaries.
Five vital
services.
Different uniforms and specialist skills, united by a shared purpose: protecting life and keeping communities safe.
Police
Protect and investigate
Police prevent and investigate crime, protect the public, maintain order and keep roads safe.
Fire & Rescue
Prevent, rescue and respond
Firefighters respond to fires, collisions, flooding, hazardous materials and specialist rescues.
Ambulance
Assess, treat and transport
Ambulance clinicians provide emergency assessment and treatment at scene and en route to hospital.
Coastguard
Coordinate coastal rescue
Coastguard teams coordinate maritime emergencies and carry out specialist coastal rescues.
Mountain Rescue
Search and rescue
Volunteer teams respond in remote, upland and difficult terrain.
People behind
the response.
Each service always shows one male and one female responder. Independent rolling pools advance through the available ethnicity and approved police-uniform variants on successive visits.
Police
Male police officer
Female police officer
Fire & Rescue
Male firefighter
Female firefighter
Ambulance
Male paramedic
Female paramedic
Coastguard
Male Coastguard rescue officer
Female Coastguard rescue officer
Mountain Rescue
Male Mountain Rescue volunteer
Female Mountain Rescue volunteer
Built for
the response.
Each operational vehicle is designed, crewed and equipped for a distinct response role.
Police response car
Urgent calls, patrol and immediate response.
Fire appliance
Water, ladders, breathing apparatus and rescue tools.
Emergency ambulance
Mobile clinical care and safe patient transport.
Roads policing unit
Specialist motorway and traffic response.
Rescue unit
Heavy, water, height and technical rescue support.
Air ambulance
Rapid advanced care for serious incidents.
Regional
directory.
Browse official organisation links for policing, fire and rescue, and statutory ambulance response across the United Kingdom.
Avon and Somerset Police
Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire ↗Bedfordshire Police
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton ↗Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ↗Cheshire Constabulary
Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington ↗City of London Police
The City of London (Square Mile) ↗Cleveland Police
Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees ↗Cumbria Constabulary
Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness ↗Derbyshire Constabulary
Derby and Derbyshire ↗Devon and Cornwall Police
Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ↗Dorset Police
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and Dorset ↗Durham Constabulary
County Durham and Darlington ↗Dyfed-Powys Police
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys ↗Essex Police
Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock ↗Gloucestershire Constabulary
Gloucestershire ↗Greater Manchester Police
The ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester ↗Gwent Police
Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen ↗Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight ↗Hertfordshire Constabulary
Hertfordshire ↗Humberside Police
East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire ↗Kent Police
Kent and Medway ↗Lancashire Constabulary
Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire ↗Leicestershire Police
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ↗Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire ↗Merseyside Police
Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral ↗Metropolitan Police Service
Greater London, excluding the City of London ↗Norfolk Constabulary
Norfolk ↗North Wales Police
Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham ↗North Yorkshire Police
City of York and North Yorkshire ↗Northamptonshire Police
North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire ↗Northumbria Police
Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland ↗Nottinghamshire Police
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ↗South Wales Police
Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and Vale of Glamorgan ↗South Yorkshire Police
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield ↗Staffordshire Police
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire ↗Suffolk Constabulary
Suffolk ↗Surrey Police
Surrey ↗Sussex Police
Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex ↗Thames Valley Police
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire ↗Warwickshire Police
Warwickshire ↗West Mercia Police
Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Worcestershire ↗West Midlands Police
The seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands ↗West Yorkshire Police
Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield ↗Wiltshire Police
Swindon and Wiltshire ↗Police Scotland
All of Scotland ↗Police Service of Northern Ireland
All of Northern Ireland ↗British Transport Police
Railways in England, Scotland and Wales ↗Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Licensed civil nuclear sites and nuclear material in transit across Great Britain ↗Ministry of Defence Police
Ministry of Defence property, personnel and designated sites across the UK ↗
Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire ↗Bedfordshire Police
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton ↗Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ↗Cheshire Constabulary
Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington ↗City of London Police
The City of London (Square Mile) ↗Cleveland Police
Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees ↗Cumbria Constabulary
Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness ↗Derbyshire Constabulary
Derby and Derbyshire ↗Devon and Cornwall Police
Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ↗Dorset Police
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and Dorset ↗Durham Constabulary
County Durham and Darlington ↗Dyfed-Powys Police
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys ↗Essex Police
Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock ↗Gloucestershire Constabulary
Gloucestershire ↗Greater Manchester Police
The ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester ↗Gwent Police
Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen ↗Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight ↗Hertfordshire Constabulary
Hertfordshire ↗Humberside Police
East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire ↗Kent Police
Kent and Medway ↗Lancashire Constabulary
Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire ↗Leicestershire Police
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ↗Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire ↗Merseyside Police
Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral ↗Metropolitan Police Service
Greater London, excluding the City of London ↗Norfolk Constabulary
Norfolk ↗North Wales Police
Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham ↗North Yorkshire Police
City of York and North Yorkshire ↗Northamptonshire Police
North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire ↗Northumbria Police
Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland ↗Nottinghamshire Police
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ↗South Wales Police
Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and Vale of Glamorgan ↗South Yorkshire Police
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield ↗Staffordshire Police
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire ↗Suffolk Constabulary
Suffolk ↗Surrey Police
Surrey ↗Sussex Police
Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex ↗Thames Valley Police
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire ↗Warwickshire Police
Warwickshire ↗West Mercia Police
Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Worcestershire ↗West Midlands Police
The seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands ↗West Yorkshire Police
Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield ↗Wiltshire Police
Swindon and Wiltshire ↗Police Scotland
All of Scotland ↗Police Service of Northern Ireland
All of Northern Ireland ↗British Transport Police
Railways in England, Scotland and Wales ↗Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Licensed civil nuclear sites and nuclear material in transit across Great Britain ↗Ministry of Defence Police
Ministry of Defence property, personnel and designated sites across the UK ↗
Find your
next role.
A filterable demonstration feed for vacancies across police, fire and ambulance organisations.
Ambulance
GuildfordView role →Emergency Care Assistant
South East Coast Ambulance ServicePolice
ManchesterView role →Police Constable – Degree Holder
Greater Manchester PoliceFire & Rescue
Multiple stationsView role →On-call Firefighter
Devon & Somerset Fire and RescueAmbulance
LondonView role →999 Call Handler
London Ambulance ServicePolice
BirminghamView role →Digital Forensics Technician
West Midlands PoliceFire & Rescue
LiverpoolView role →Community Safety Officer
Merseyside Fire & RescueDemo data: connect this section to official APIs, RSS feeds or a scheduled database importer before public launch.