911 is “dispatch”. If you need a vehicle to arrive for almost any reason emergency or otherwise (ambulance, firetruck, police) then you dial 911. If it’s not an emergency you state that as soon as you get thru and that allows them to prioritize your call if necessary. Non-emergency is typically for questions and maybe things like code-enforcement.
In many locations they go to the same place, but 911 calls get priority in the queue before you even speak to a person. That’s the reason to use the non-emergency number for a non-emergency.
911 is “dispatch”. If you need a vehicle to arrive for almost any reason emergency or otherwise (ambulance, firetruck, police) then you dial 911. If it’s not an emergency you state that as soon as you get thru and that allows them to prioritize your call if necessary. Non-emergency is typically for questions and maybe things like code-enforcement.
In many locations they go to the same place, but 911 calls get priority in the queue before you even speak to a person. That’s the reason to use the non-emergency number for a non-emergency.
Non-Emergency number will tell you to hang up and dial 911
Not everywhere, no.