The new Rhodes University PBX system treats the following as emergency numbers – these numbers are not barred, and can be dialled from any phone on campus:
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On-campus emergencies: |
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046-603.8999 or 8146 / 7 |
Any emergency on campus (CPU can contact other emergency services, etc) |
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National emergency call centres: |
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112 |
National emergency call centre (still to be implemented, goes to CPU for now) |
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1022 |
Telkom's emergency call centre |
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Police: |
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10111 |
National police emergency number |
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086 001 0111 |
Crime Stop |
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Fire: |
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046 622 4444 |
Makana fire brigade |
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080 111 4444 |
Makana fire brigade (toll free) |
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Ambulance: |
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10177 |
National ambulance service emergency number |
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082 911 |
NetCare 911 (also National Sea Rescue Institute) |
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Poison Information Centres: |
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021 689 5227 |
Red Cross Hospital poison centre |
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021 931 6129 |
Tygerberg Hospital poison centre |
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0800 333 444 |
Unitas Hospital poison centre |
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LifeLine: |
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0861 322 322 |
LifeLine national counselling line (sharecall) |
Source: www.ru.ac.za/phoneproject/help/emergencynumbers
Numbers identified as ‘emergency numbers' can be dialled from any phone, even if the phone instrument is logged out or if calls might be otherwise barred. In particular, the caller cannot hang up an emergency call; the called party needs to hang up. If the phone has a speaker-phone capability, emergency calls will automatically go to speaker-phone if the caller attempts to hang up.
Last Modified: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:11:08 SAST