The police can always be reached in emergencies by calling the free emergency number 110..
You can therefore call the police free of charge in an emergency from any telephone line, whether it is a payphone, your home telephone or your cell phone. Please note that in the event of an emergency call 110 via cell phone, you will not always reach the nearest police control center.
How do I behave in an emergency?
Concrete information ensures quick help!
In an emergency, always dial the emergency number 110.
Certain information is particularly important to enable rapid assistance and quick intervention by the police and emergency services. In the event of an incident involving personal injury (accident, traffic accident, etc.), the help for people is the priority. With your precise information, the necessary emergency doctor or rescue service can possibly be informed very quickly. This saves valuable time.
For this reason, you as the caller should answer the following questions:
1. Where did something happen? (specify the location as precisely as possible)
2. WHAT happened? (description of the emergency / accident)
3. HOW MANY people are injured?
4. WHICH injuries are present? (people trapped/unconscious)
5. WHO reports the emergency / accident? (Mobile phone number for any queries)
Emergency fax for the hearing impaired
In the Borken district, hearing-impaired people have the option of sending a fax to the emergency number 110.
You can find the fax form here: emergency fax