Emergency Services Day, also known as 999 Day, is an annual celebration of NHS and emergency service workers. Celebrated annually on September 9, 999 Day is also an opportunity for charities to ...

"Emergency services are not delivered from an office environment sat behind a desk. They're delivered on the street and not just the high street - they're delivered from remote areas, in extreme ...

Emergency services are experiencing a rise in 999 calls as a heatwave sweeps Britain, according to the Health Secretary. Following a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee, Steve Barclay suggested ...

The government has announced measures to beef up the resilience of the UK’s 999 emergency call handling system. This comes nine months after communications regulator Ofcom launched an investigation ...

British Telecommunications (BT) is now the subject of an inquiry after a Sunday grave interruption to the United Kingdom's 999 call systems. Due to a technological glitch, 999 calls were not ...

VoIP phone services must allow users to make 999 emergency calls, under proposals published by communications watchdog Ofcom. VoIP services are increasingly adopting the look and feel of traditional ...

Thousands of drivers are wasting emergency services operators valuable time every year by accidentally dialling 999 using a feature installed in their cars, according to a new report. Some 350,000 ...

Police forces in the UK are seeing a “record number” of false calls to 999, the UK’s emergency services number, and the culprit is apparently Android. As the BBC reports, Android 12 added an ...

Supt Liam Johnson, from Guernsey Police, said he and his colleagues "face some of the most challenging incidents within the community" Guernsey's emergency services gathered for a ceremony to honour ...

Guernsey's emergency services gathered for a ceremony to honour colleagues who were injured or died in the line of duty. Members of the police, coastguard, fire and ambulance services observed a ...