You hopefully have a long list of phone numbers for different kinds of emergency services in Jakarta that you keep at your bedside table, but from now on there’s only one set of numbers you’ll need to remember: 112.
On November 16, the official Jakarta Provincial Government’s Twitter account, @DKIJakarta, posted this tweet notifying citizens that all emergency services, including medical, fire, security, natural disasters and accidents can be reached through the 112 hotline.
The hotline is available 24/7 and can be reached from all phone operators, including from mobile phones, regardless of whether or not it has a sim card installed (yes, that means calling 112 is free of charge).
In the tweet, the Jakarta Provincial Government also asked citizens for their help spreading the word about the new hotline to their fellow Jakartans. It’s certainly a much more convenient way of contacting emergency services than having to remember so many numbers for your local police precinct or fire department.
The central government plans to implement the 112 emergency hotline nationwide by 2019.
