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National Emergency Services

Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance. Also drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals.

Service

Telephone

Medical Service (Ambulancia)

Tel: 061

National Police (Policía Nacional)

Tel: 091

Local Police (Policía Municipal)

Tel: 092

Fire Service (Bomberos)

Tel: 080

Sea Rescue (Salvamento y segurida maritima)

Tel: 900 202 202

Pan-European emergency number

Tel: 112

Pan-European emergency number: calls to 112 are free from any phone (mobile or cellular of fixed-line).

Crisis & Help Lines

Service

Telephone

Crisis Lines

Tel: 966 421 434

Drugs

Tel: 915 620 420

HIV/AIDS

Tel: 902 424 424

Child Abuse

Tel: 917 262 700

Women Abuse

Tel: 900 100 009

Suicide/Crisis Line

Tel: 966 421 434

Red Cross

Tel: 963 677 375

Anti-Poison

Tel: 915 620 420

Emergency Doctor & hospitals

Tel: 112

Emergency Dentists

Tel: 961 496 199

Emergency Vet

Tel: 963 744 731

Pharmacy/Chemist On Duty

Tel: 963 600 313

Costa Blanca SAMARITANS
English-language Costa Blanca-based helpline provides free, confidential emotional support. Takes calls from English speakers anywhere in Spain.
Open: Monday to Friday, 19:00-22:00
Tel: 902 88 35 35
Glossary of Emergency Terms & Phrases
English Spanish

Accident

Accidente

Emergency

Emergencia

I need an ambulance

Necesito una ambulancia

I need a doctor

Necesito un medico

I need the police

Necesito la policia

Heart attack

Ataque cardiaco

Strokes

El accidente vascular cerebral

Very sick

Moy mal

Unconscious

Inconciente

Understanding the Police Services

National Police (Policía Nacional): cover mainly urban areas across Spain. Their duties include dealing with terrorism, national security, protecting national and international dignitaries and combatting crime with a national impact (spread across different regions). 

Civil Guard (Guardia Civil): is a military force that operates mainly in rural areas and is responsible for dealing with robberies, drug offences, murders and fatal traffic accidents. 

Local Police (Policía Municipal): cover towns and cities. In general they deal with traffic control and offences, lost property and crimes such as 
muggings and neighbourhood disputes.

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